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Forrestania Southern Cross Road
Forrestania WA 6359
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Lake Cronin
day use area. Within this
nature reserve is the semi-permanent freshwater Lake Cronin, which when full attracts and supports a wide variety of native birdlife and as such is a significant site for birdwatchers.
Lake Cronin
Nature Reserve is located in the south western region of the Eastern Goldfields and is the largest freshwater lake in the region. It is within easy distance of the
Hyden Norseman Road; off Forrestania Road. The track in is sandy and requires 4WD.
Only facilities here are picnic tables and
toilets, camping is not permitted.
Lake Cronin
Nature Reserve is also
home to the Lake Cronin snake (Paroplocephalus atriceps), a small (to 82cm) potentially dangerous venomous snake from the inland freshwater mallee lakes and
granite outcrops from Lake Cronin (east of
Hyden), east to Fraser Range and north to
Peak Charles and
Peak Eleanora. This snake is brown, with matt scales, golden iris, dark head, pale spots on lips.