Lake Eacham (Queensland)
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Lake Eacham is a popular lake of volcanic origin on the Atherton Tableland of Queensland, Australia, within the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland. It is within the locality of Lake Eacha
View of Lake and Lake's edge from a Queensland National Parks viewing platform.
Lake Eacham guest house circa 1940
Eacham war memorial, 2006
Aerial view of Lake Eacham, looking towards the north-east.
Lake Eacham rainbowfish
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The Lake Eacham rainbowfish is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniidae. It was once believed to be endemic to Yidyam, Queensland, Australia, but has since been proven to have a wider
Lake Eacham (Queensland)
…is isolated from any other watercourse (making it an enclosed catchment). How any fish arrived there to begin with is a mystery, but somehow, the Lake Eacham rainbowfish (Melanotaenia eachamensis) found its way into the volcanic lake. Unfortunately for the small species, other larger fish were introduced into this closed…
A Lake Eacham Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia eachamensis, in an aquarium