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Gobba Lake revisited

The redesign of Gobba Lake in Western Australia’s City of Bayswater embraces the best in environmental design and thinking. The lake, located in former wasteland, is now at the cutting edge of environmental design.

The redesign follows a public meeting involving interested parties such as members of Friends of Gobba Lake, residents and Councillors last year.

City of Bayswater Deputy Mayor, Terry Kenyon, said the major issue that arose from the public meeting was to create a habitat that met requirements for an environmental and recreational facility. To address the social and ecological state of Gobba Lake, the City of Bayswater engaged Ecoscope.

“The redesign aims to improve the lake as a habitat for wetland flora and fauna and create a local public open space for eco-recreational use,” Councillor Kenyon said.

Public comment on Ecoscope’s redesign is being invited before the plan is finalised. Gobba Lake covers an area of 1.7 hectares. A former clay pit, it was connected to the stormwater draining network and transformed into a deep water lake compensation basin. The lake is remnant of a bygone era when extractive industries had no requirements to rehabilitate an area after they had finished their operations.

For further information contact Environmental Coordinator, Jeremy Maher, on (08) 9272 0692.

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