Tooms Lake

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Tooms Lake

| state = tas

| image = Tooms Lake Village Aerial.jpg

| caption = Aerial photo from the east, the village is at the top of the lake

| coordinates = {{coord|42|14|S|147|48|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands, Glamorgan-Spring Bay

| region = Central, South-east

| postcode = 7209

| est =

| pop = nil

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60678?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Tooms Lake (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 }}

| established =

| elevation= 464

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| dist1 = 83

| dir1 = N

| location1= Hobart

| location2 = Triabunna

| dist2 = 47

| dir2 = N

| near-nw = Ross

| near-n = Swansea

| near-ne = Swansea, Lake Leake

| near-e = Little Swanport

| near-w = Lemont, Ross

| near-sw = Lemont

| near-s = Lemont

| near-se = Triabunna

}}

Tooms Lake is a rural locality and a lake in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands, and Glamorgan-Spring Bay in the Central and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|47|km}} north of the town of Triabunna. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Tooms Lake.

The lake is artificial and shallow,R L Croome and P A Tylor: [https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00028285 Phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity of Lake Leake and Tooms Lake, Tasmania] covering {{convert|6.6|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://search.frdc.com.au/search/cache.cgi?collection=ifc&doc=http://www.ifc.tas.gov.au/pdf%252520files/Tooms%252520%252520FPA.pdf.pan.txt |title=Archived |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=search.frdc.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104052/http://search.frdc.com.au/search/cache.cgi?collection=ifc&doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifc.tas.gov.au%2Fpdf%2520files%2FTooms%2520%2520FPA.pdf.pan.txt |archive-date=2011-07-06}}{{dl|date=May 2023}}

The lake was once a wetland and was an Aboriginal meeting place.{{cite book|last1=Plomley|first1=Brian|title=Friendly Mission|date=2008|publisher=Quintus|location=Hobart|isbn=9780977557226|edition=2}} The indigenous name for this place was moyantaliah (moy.en.tel.eea).{{cite book|last1=Plomley|first1=Brian|title=Tasmanian Aboriginal place names|date=1992|publisher=QVMAG|location=Hobart|page=40}}

The lake can hold 25.362 gigaliters of water.[http://www.northmidlands.tas.gov.au/lakes/lake.asp?lake=2&styled=y Lake Levels Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706122529/http://www.northmidlands.tas.gov.au/lakes/lake.asp?lake=2&styled=y |date=2011-07-06 }} The catchment area is 60.2 km². It is drained by the Tooms River, which flows into the Macquarie River. The lake is reached by the gravel Tooms Lake Road,{{cite web |url=http://www.domain.com.au/Public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=research&searchTerm=Tooms%20Lake |title=Tooms Lake suburb profile |website=www.domain.com.au |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615181854/http://www.domain.com.au/Public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=research&searchTerm=Tooms%20Lake |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead}} 83 km from Hobart.{{Cite web | url=http://myboot.com.au/7209/Tooms%20Lake/suburb.aspx | title=Welcome to Tooms Lake(7209) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325060436/http://myboot.com.au/7209/Tooms%20Lake/suburb.aspx | archive-date=2012-03-25 }} Seaplanes land on the lake several times per year.[http://www.abc.net.au/rural/tas/stories/s764358.htm TAS Country Hour | ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]

The lake is used for recreational fishing, for brown and rainbow trout.[http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/ifs/IFSDatabaseManager/WatersDatabase/tooms-lake Tooms Lake — IFS Portal]

Brown trout were introduced in 1904 and rainbow trout were released around 1908. Trout are usually {{convert|1|to|1+1/2|kg|abbr=on}} with the largest {{convert|2+1/2|kg|abbr=on}}.

Kuth Energy is drilling a geothermal energy exploration borehole in the area called Tooms1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Kuth_Energy_starts_drilling_at_Tooms_Lake_8G62T?OpenDocument|title=Business | the Australian}}

Other creatures found in Tooms Lake are Galaxias maculatus or jollytail.