Lake Cronin Nature Reserve - WA

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.