Family Fun at Lake Cressbrook

My family and I recently visited Lake Cressbrook (near Crows Nest) and what an amazing day we had. Lake Cressbrook is approxiametly 50km from Toowoomba which makes it a perfect day trip for Toowoomba Families. The dam is one of 3 water supplies for the Toowoomba Region. For those coming a bit further, there are camping facilities so dont let that put you off :) Even the drive from Toowoomba is just gorgeous.  The dam was constructed in 1983 and has surface are of 515 hectares, holds 81 800 mega-litres when full.

We packed a picnic and headed off with the grandparents, making a few other stops along the way to Perserverance Dam and Crows Nest, as we are new to the area we were really just wanting to get a feel for things to find some fun places to come back to.

At Crestbrook there is plenty do including fishing, boating, camping, bushwalking, there is also playgrounds, volley ball nets and bbqs. Unfortuantely, I did not get photographs of these as I didnt not want to photograph other peoples children.

When we got home I did a little research and found that their are natural populations of Spangled Perch, Eel Tailed Catfish and Eels. But also includes  stocked fish  such as Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, Mary River Cod, Snub Nosed Gar and Saratoga. You need a permit to fish at Crestbrook. Locals have told us that there is also abundant redclaw supply and the you need to regularly check your nets.

Information from the permit is available here: https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/services/permits/fishing/apply?formID=3

Entry into the Flora and Fauna Reserve is $2.50/car. Camping fees are $7.90 per person per night (under 5 free) or $31.60 for a family of two adults and any number of children(under 18). Fees are $7.10 per night per person for groups of 20 or more.

For more information click here: http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/sport-and-leisure-facilities/lakes-and-dams/1976-lake-cressbrook.html

We stopped off a Perserverance Lookout and I took these photographs. To this day I still love the one over the spill way.



At Lake Crestbook there is plenty to do: fishing, boating, playgrounds, bbq and bushwalking.