LAKE BROADWATER, Qld - You'll Love this SCENIC Lakeside Campground

We snagged the perfect campsite at Lake Broadwater Recreation Reserve, with amazing views over the lake that we never tired of. The sunsets and sunrises over Lake Broadwater dazzled us with an array of different colours each and every day.

Lake Broadwater Recreation Reserve, located 30km south-west of Dalby Queensland, provides fantastic camping facilities for all types of RV vehicles, as well as tent camping.

Powered and unpowered sites close to Lake Broadwater
$7.50 per person, per night (powered and unpowered) - as at July 2025
Two amenity blocks with toilets and hot showers
Firewood available ($10 per milk crate) - as at June 2025
Super helpful and friendly caretakers
Walking tracks
Bird watching and bird hide (more than 230 species have been recorded here)
A variety of wildlife
Kayaking, boating and swimming
The perfect location to become absorbed in nature
BBQ, picnic areas and playground by the lake
NO potable water available
NO dogs or other domestic animals allowed

Powered sites fill quickly at Lake Broadwater Recreation Reserve! For those like us who prefer a little extra space and solitude, there are grassy campsites available.

Lake Broadwater itself is a naturally occurring freshwater lake that covers approximately 350 hectares, and when full is only 3-4 metres deep. The conservation park covers an area of around 1,212 hectares.

Aboriginal people once camped by the lake and its surrounds as it provided an abundance of food plus a reliable water source. Remains of stone artifacts and scarred trees that were found show that this was a special place for the local indigenous community.

The lake would have been a major camping point for indigenous groups travelling through the area on their way to the Bunya Mountains to take part in feasts, generally from December to March when the bunya cones dropped. Aboriginal peoples from as far away as the Clarence River area, Maranoa River and Wide Bay were invited to join in these gatherings.

Later on the area was used for stock watering and grazing – first up by teamsters along their travel routes, then by settlers to the area.

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