Jabiru Swamp, K'gari / Fraser Island, Queensland
Jabiru Swamp is a linear swamp behind the foredunes on the ocean side of K'gari.
The water is fresh water derived from the sand mass that coprises most of the island. Rainfall infiltrates the mass of silica dunes creating a watertable which then seeps to the perimeter of the island, thus feeding this swamp with filtered, pure water. The low levels of nutrient in the groundwater requires vegetation in the swamp to depend on photosythesis (algae) and recycling of decaying plant matter. From the air the patterns in the swamp and in the associated bog are strikingly artistic. In fact, ecologists refer to the bogs as patterned bogs.
The entirety of K'gari / Fraser Island has been declared World Heritage estate by UNESCO and is managed by Parks & Wildlife Service of the Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government.
Jabiru Swamp, K'gari / Fraser Island, Queensland
Jabiru Swamp is a linear swamp behind the foredunes on the ocean side of K'gari.
The water is fresh water derived from the sand mass that coprises most of the island. Rainfall infiltrates the mass of silica dunes creating a watertable which then seeps to the perimeter of the island, thus feeding this swamp with filtered, pure water. The low levels of nutrient in the groundwater requires vegetation in the swamp to depend on photosythesis (algae) and recycling of decaying plant matter. From the air the patterns in the swamp and in the associated bog are strikingly artistic. In fact, ecologists refer to the bogs as patterned bogs.
The entirety of K'gari / Fraser Island has been declared World Heritage estate by UNESCO and is managed by Parks & Wildlife Service of the Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government.