Maar Volcano EarthCache
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Welcome:
The Traditional Owners of Lake Barrine, the Dulguburra Yidinji people (land) and Ngadjon-Jii (water) and welcome you to their country and ask that you respect their special place.
This Maar volcano was formed when hot molten rock came into contact with groundwater. This causes a build-up of steam, gasses and pressure which blasted the central core from the volcano. With this massive explosion the crater then fills with rainwater over time. At the time when these processes are going on the explosion is like a small nuclear bomb, blasting magma and shattered rock high into the air. Such explosions can create craters several kilometres wide. The crater of this maar volcano is below ground level, but still 720 feet above sea level and in some parts 65 meters deep and 1km wide. Now this lake never dries up and only fills with rain water no rivers run into it but some locals say it is connected with Lake Eacham but that has never been proven.
One of the greatest pleasures for many visitors to Lake Barrine is the family history that has seen three generations of one family associated with its care. A man fell in love with the Lake while surveying the region in the pioneering days. He and the Local Council and Forestry Department formed what was then called the Lake's Trust. This trust sought to protect the lake and surrounding land from logging. In 1923 he applied for a grant and was given a perpetual leasing over one acre of land on the shore of Lake Barrine.
Living on the edge of the lake in a corrugated iron hut, he first showed the visitors around Lake Barrine in a row boat. Today they run two specially built cruise boats with a total capacity of 170 which take our visitors on the tour around the lake in ease and luxury. The timber Tea House was originally built in the 1930's as a dance hall and has since had many uses, including an aquatic centre, guest house, school and a convalescent home during World War II. Today the Tea House, nestled right on the lake's edge, provides breakfasts, lunches, and their famous prize winning Devonshire teas.
Opening hours, Lake Barrine is open 24 hours a day.
Domestic animals are not permitted in Crater Lakes National Park.
Please place your rubbish in the bins provided. Feeding of wildlife (including fish) is prohibited as it can affect their health and alter the natural population balance.
To register your clam for this Earth Cache you must send me the following answers and post your photo on the log.
Do not Post your answers just your experiences on geocaching.com web page.
If you get 1 answer wrong I will have to take your find off the caching page.
1 – What year was Lake Barrine gazetted as a National Park?__________.
2 – What was the name of the man who first applied for a lease over some land on the lake edge where the Tea House is today?_____________________.
3 – How many meters around the Lake on the circuit track?__________.
4—Take a photo with your Geo team on the Lake edge or with something to show the Lake Barrine in the background and post it on your found it log?
5 -- The volcanic explosions that created the Maar Volcanoes now known as Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham occured approximately ____________ years ago
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