Bjelke-Petersen Dam covers 2, hectares, and holds 1,, megalitres of water, which is used for irrigation and water supply to the towns of Murgon and Cherbourg. Koalas, wallabies and kangaroos can be seen around the lake while the birdlife includes black swans, ducks, pelicans and cormorants.
Bjelke-Petersen Dam is a popular fesh water fishing spot. A stocked impound permit is required to fish.
The dam is routinely stocked with Golden Perch or Yellowbelly , Australian Bass and Silver Perch and you can also catch red claw no permit required. Yallakool Camping and Recreation Park offers a number of accommodation options from powered and unpowered camp sites to cabins and villas. Go to site. Please practise caution when driving all other vehicles in the area. There is the potential of submerged trees, weeds and other objects. Floating objects may be present after an inflow or flood event.
Fast flowing water may be released suddenly from the spillway. For your own safety, please take note of the signs around the dam including those regarding private property and trespassing. The signs indicate hazards to watch out for and areas to avoid. Keep an eye on your children and inform them of the hazards and permitted areas. Visitors must adhere to current COVID social distancing guidelines and are encouraged to observe good hygiene practices.
All persons entering Sunwater property at their own risk should exercise due care and attention and must comply with all signs, notices, the lawful directions of Sunwater, Sunwater staff, all laws, regulations and applicable standards e.
All liability of Sunwater or its subsidiaries to you or any other person for loss or damage of any kind however caused, including by negligence arising from or relating in any way to access to, or use of, Sunwater property is excluded. The dam forming Lake Barambah is named after the fiercely pro-development former state premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who gave the green light for the last great dam project in Australia — the Burdekin Falls Dam in North Queensland that was started in Construction of the dam that bears his name commenced two years later in It was completed in Lake Barambah, which is named after one of the first cattle stations in the area, covers about ha and is renowned for its bass fishery.
Safety alerts. Stream name Barker Creek Read More. Lake name Lake Barambah Read More. Koalas, wallabies and kangaroos are also regular visitors to the water's edge and the fringes of the park area. There is a large array of king parrots, rainbow lorikeets and many other birds that frequently visit the kiosk and park.
Whether you want to stay for a day or longer, Bjelke-Petersen Dam Caravan and Recreation Park has several accommodation options for you to choose from.
You can bring your own tent and pitch it in the camping grounds, park your own caravan on a powered or unpowered site, or book one of the self-contained cabins or villas. Bookings can be made by contacting Bjelke-Petersen Dam Caravan and Recreation Park's onsite managers on phone 07 or you can email them on yallakool southburnett.
The Park is very well equipped and provides an area for camp oven cooking along with a refrigerator, hotplates, oven and microwave. The kiosk sells basic grocery items, milk, drinks, hot food, weekend papers, coffee and cake, fishing tackle, some camping gear, ice and bait. If you want to just sit and enjoy the tranquillity and surroundings, please do so, but when you've had enough of that, there are lots of activities to keep you entertained and busy.
If you have your own equipment, you can also water ski or sail.
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