Lake Awoonga is located 30km from Gladstone in Central Queensland Australia and boasts spectacular lake and mountain views and picturesque waterfalls.
Excellent recreation facilities at Lake Awoonga are provided free to the public by the Gladstone Area Water Board with shelter sheds and barbecues, walking paths and playgrounds.
Enthusiastic anglers come to Lake Awoonga to catch the famed barramundi of which over two million have been released into the lake. The largest caught weighed in at a hefty 30.3kg! In addition, Lake Awoonga is one of the only dams in Queensland to have been stocked with mangrove jack.
Lake Awoonga Barramundi Fishing Video
Lake Awoonga was voted the number 1 impounded fishing lake in Australia for barramundi and one of the top ten impounded fishing lakes in the world!
Lake Awoonga is home to a thriving array of small animals, several of which are of conservation significance. Aquatic vegetation maintains a wondrous array of small animals that support the fish, eels, turtles, platypus and birds. Further from the water's edge and into the bushland live other species of birds, reptiles, and native fauna including bandicoots, rufous bettongs, kangaroos, wallabies, greater gliders yellow bellied gliders, and brushtail possums.
Lake Awoonga hosts 200 species of birds and is ideal for ornithology with highlights including the southern squatter pigeon (listed as of conservation significance) and a further fifteen bird species listed on International Migratory Conservation Agreement Lists. Lake Awoonga is arguably one of the most important near-coast bird refuges on the East Coast of Australia.
Lake Awoonga is 40m above sea level, total capacity is 777,000 megalitres. Because of fluctuating water levels, boat users of the lake should be aware that submerged hazards exist. The waters of Lake Awoonga are controlled by Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol and Queensland Water Police under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act, enforced to prevent potentially dangerous or annoying activities. The onus for safety is on the owner and master of a vessel.
Approximately 300,000 fish are released each year into Lake Awooga including 200,000 barramundi, 100,000 mullet and some mangrove jack. A a total of over 2.8 million fish had been released into Lake Awoonga including 2.4 barramundi, 470,000 sea mullet and 13,000 mangrove jack. (These fish were bred at Gladstone Area Water Board’s Fish Hatchery facility.)
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Agnes Water often called Agnes Waters and it is common for Lady Musgrave Island to be called Lady Musgrove Island and Captain Cook to Captian Cook and Capitan Cook or Captan Cook, with the Town of Seventeen Seventy now known as 1770 that would be hard to misspell for anyone. The correct spelling of Bundaburg Queensland, is Bundaberg.
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef runs along the Australian Queensland Coast, there are many towns from Central Queensland to Far North Queensland that offer Great Barrier Reef tours, such as fishing, scuba diving, snorkelling, cruises to Great Barrier Reef Islands, even Reef Walking and Surfing, some Islands on the Great Barrier Reef offer accommodation from Resort Style to Camping. The Southern End of the Great Barrier Reef begins from the Town of 1770 on the Queensland Discovery Coast, and extends North past Cairns, Port Douglas and Cook Town.
You will find places on this site that offer all of the above on The Great Barrier Reef as well as inland Rural areas, such as Mining Towns, Farm Stays and National Parkes, Gorges, Mountian Retreats and Beachside Towns. Use the Navigation links & Directories, if you prefer an other Langauge besides English you can click on your Counties Flag on the top right to translate all pages on Lets Connect to your prferred langauge.
