Lake Weyba

Lake Weyba is a large shallow salt lake in the locality of Noosaville in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

Lake Weyba
Lake Weyba
Location	4 km South of Noosa, Queensland
Coordinates	26.4391°S 153.0742°E / -26.4391; 153.0742
Type	Salt-water lake
Basin countries	Australia
Surface area	9.6 square kilometres (3.7 sq mi)

History

Lake Weyba's name comes from the local Aboriginal Australians (Gubbi Gubbi) language meaning stingray.^{[citation needed]} Lake Weyba is an important fish-breeding habitat. In the early 1900s, Lake Weyba had a large number of stingrays, which would have been easy targets for spear fishing Aboriginal Australians.^[2]