The camp site has seating facilities on the eastern side of the lake, but is subject to a complete fire ban and forbids vehicle access to the shoreline; the camp site is only accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles.

All of these bodies are part of the Donnelly River catchment area and they all are inhabited by all of the regions endemic freshwater fish species.

[5] The lake has significant floristic value as it supports an extensive area of tall sedgeland.

In 1989 and 1990 submarine excavations found flaked stone artifacts and standing tree stumps on the floor of the lake at depths of up to eight metres.

Radiocarbon dating showed an inundation period through sea level rise of 4,000 to 3,400 years BP.