LOCATION Lake Awoonga is located 30 minutes from Gladstone in Central Queensland, and less than 10 minutes from Benaraby. Most roads are sealed and suitable for towing a boat or caravan (NB: access road to Boynedale Bushcamp is unsealed). Nearest Airport: • Gladstone airport - approximately 35 minutes from Lake Awoonga. Wedgetail FACILITIES Island Gary’s Cove Osprey • Boat ramp Island Boyne River Horse • Boat hire Gully Lookout 1 Iveragh NO ACCESS (including houseboats) Creek KenK ’s < To Benaraby ZONE • Walking trails Pig Creek Bay Lookout 2 • Scenic lookouts Coomal Bay < To Benaraby • Easy parking Information Centre Lake Awoonga 6 Knot Trailer Parking • Children’s playgrounds Zone Riverston Recreational Bay Restricted • Picnic & barbecue facilities Area RECREATIONAL Boat Ramp AREA • Parking and toilet for the disabled Boat Ramp 6 Knot Zone Trailer Parking Ironbark LAKE Gully THINGS TO DO Riverston AWOONGA Creek Pelican Bay • Fish for barramundi (and other fish) all year round. The Nursery Public Boat Ramp Parsloe • Go swimming with family or friends. Park New Zealand Dingo Island Gully Cormorant • Saunter along one of the walking trails. Bay • Explore the beauty of Lake Awoonga by boat. To Nagoorin Cormorant Brolga Island Ubobo • Enjoy a picnic or cook your lunch on a free Point Builyan Many Peaks barbecue. Monto Andrew’s • Hire a houseboat or stay at the Lake Awoonga Bay Boat Iilley Access caravan park/camping grounds. Creek Boynedale Bush • Participate in one of the regular fishing competitions. Camp • Go sailing, canoeing or skiing. The Gladstone - Monto Road Blu • Photograph the wonderful wildlife or go bird- Platatyypus watching. Cove • Take a ferry-boat ride on the lake. • For a rustic camping experience, stay at the Boynedale Bush Camp, located 36km from Calliope on the Gladstone-Monto Road. • Or just sit back, relax and take in the lovely landscapes and sensational scenery! Special events and exclusive use of some facilities may be permitted following application to the Gladstone Area Water Board. How to get to Boynedale Bushcamp Map to Boynedale Bush Camp * Map is not to scale Gladstone Monto Road To Biloela BOYNEDALE BUSH CAMP 26km to turn off 1km from Calliope OLD CA to turnoff YARDSTTLE 1km to bush camp 0.9km To Rail Crossing LOOKOUT LAKE A CALLIOPE WOONGA To Rockhampton Date 10/05/2010 CLIENT PARTICULARS Client Name GLadstone Area Water Board Contact John Stewardson Phone 49763000 Fax 49750335 Phone Mob 0437 546 872 Email [email protected] Street Address 147 Goondoon Street Gladstone Postal Address PO BOX 466 Gladstone Qld 4680 Introducing ABN # A1 To Gladstone LAKE AWOONGA is located 30km from Boyndale Bush Camp is a basic bush Gladstone in Central Queensland and boasts camping facility providing composting spectacular lake and mountain views and picturesque toilets, fire rings, wheelie bins, picnic tables waterfalls. Excellent recreation facilities are provided free and some shelters. Campers are permitted to the public by the Gladstone Area Water Board with to stay up to 7 days. Basic boat access is provided nearby. NB. No running water shelter sheds, barbecues, walking paths and playgrounds. is provided, campers must bring their own. Enthusiastic anglers come to Lake Awoonga to catch the Also note that the roads are unsealed and famed barramundi of which over two million have been may become boggy in wet weather. released into the lake. The largest caught weighing in at a hefty 33.3kg! In addition, Lake Awoonga is one of the few As Lake Awoonga is a wildlife sanctuary, campers are discouraged from bringing dams in Queensland to have been stocked with mangrove pets. jack. Alternatively, you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery and wildlife. Feathered, furry or scaled, Lake Awoonga is home to a thriving array of small animals, several of which are of conservational 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 Gladstone Area Water Board bellied gliders and brush-tail possums. 147 Goondoon Street PO Box 466 Lake Awoonga hosts more than 220 species of birds GLADSTONE QLD 4680 (over 27% of Australia’s bird species can be found in the Ph: 07 4976 3000 region) and is ideal for ornithology with highlights including Fax: 07 4972 5632 the southern squatter pigeon (listed as of conservational Email: [email protected] significance) and a further twenty-two bird species listed on www.gawb.qld.gov.au International Migratory Conservation Agreement Lists. Lake Lake Awoonga Rangers Awoonga is arguably one of the most important near-coast Ph: 07 4975 0335 bird refuges on the east coast of Australia. Mob: 0419 661 482 GLADSTONEGLADSTONE QUEENSLAND QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA.