Lake Awoonga & Benaraby
Lake Awoonga is popular with visitors and locals alike as a recreation area with first-class facilities - including kiosk, caravan park, picnic shelters, barbeques, playgrounds, landscaped walking trails, boat ramps, toilets and disabled parking. Boats, canoes, kayaks and catamarans for use on the lake are all available for hire from the caravan park at Lake Awoonga. Only a 30 minute drive from Gladstone, the Lake supplies the water for industrial and domestic use in the Region. Lake Awoonga is open for fishing all year round with a limit only applying in the closed season in the months of December and January. The largest barramundi caught in Lake Awoonga to date weighted in at 29.8 kilograms! Why not stay a while at the Lake Awoonga Caravan Park with modern cabins, bunkhouses and on site vans available. With clean, tidy amenities, laundry, licensed Cafe, boat hire, gas refills and grocery lines, Lake Awoonga is destined to become one of the best holiday spots in Australia. Lake Awoonga is a wildlife sanctuary - home and haven to a variety of birds and animals, including wallabies and turtles. The Rangers at the Recreation Area are available to make sure your visit is a pleasant one - make sure you ask where the fish are biting! For a full list of flora and fauna at Lake Awoonga, click here. Flora and Fauna Profile ( Adobe Acrobat - 3023.906KB ) Take to the Lake, with Lake Awoonga Houseboats onboard Barra 1. Barra 1 is a 33ft houseboat located on the beautiful Lake Awoonga. The vessel has 2 double and 4 single berths. Fully self contained and fully screened, the vessel also contains a radio, CD, ensuite, large shower and toilet, ice box, gas fridge and freezer, gas BBQ and outdoor furniture. Operations manual and charts are supplied and no licenses are required. For further information and bookings for Lake Awoonga, contact the Caravan Park on 07 4975 0155, or email them at barraheaven@hotkey.net.au . Benaraby, home to a rural community of about 650 people near the Boyne River, is a small highway town, with accommodation options and a service station. The Boyne River and the holiday village nearby are great spots for fishing, swimming and lazing in the sun. A handy rest area just off the Bruce Highway is a great spot to take a break and refresh. You can replenish your fuel, food and convenience supplies with no hassle! Just after Benaraby, you will find it's only a short drive west to Lake Awoonga. A little further, you'll see the highway turn-off to Gladstone, 22 kilometres along Port Curtis Way. |
