Lake Burbury

#347 among destinations in Australia

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Lake Burbury is a man-made water reservoir created by the Crotty Dam inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. Discharge from the reservoir feeds the John Butters Hydroelectric Power Station, owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. ()

Alternative names: Area: 18.92 mi²Elevation: 850 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°7'17"S, 145°39'25"E

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Lake Burbury – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Galley Museum, Mount Huxley, Mount Lyell, Mount Jukes.

5.9 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Galley Museum, Queenstown
151 min walk • The Eric Thomas Galley Museum is a photographic and general museum in Driffield Street in Queenstown. One of two west coast Tasmania museums that house records and relics from the mining communities of the past, the museum is housed in a former 1897 constructed Imperial Hotel, which has also been a mining office and Youth Hostel.
3.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Huxley
92 min walk • Mount Huxley is a mountain located on the West Coast Range in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 926 metres above sea level, the mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 in honour of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Lyell
138 min walk • Mount Lyell is a mountain in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia. Mount Lyell has an elevation of 917 metres above sea level. The adjacent mountains are Mount Sedgwick to the north and Mount Owen to the south. The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 after geologist Charles Lyell, a supporter of Charles Darwin.
5.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Jukes
132 min walk • Mount Jukes is a mountain located on the Jukes Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Owen
93 min walk • Mount Owen is a mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown on the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 1,146 metres above sea level, like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range, it was named by the geologist Charles Gould after Richard Owen.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Nelson Falls, Queenstown
111 min walk • The Nelson Falls, a cascade waterfall, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Tasmanian Wilderness, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
3.3 miSW
Dam
Crotty Dam
86 min walk • The Crotty Dam, also known during construction as the King Dam, or the King River Dam on initial approval, is a rockfill embankment dam with a controlled and uncontrolled spillway across the King River, between Mount Jukes and Mount Huxley, located in Western Tasmania, Australia.
5.9 miNW
Neighbourhood
Queenstown Post Office, Queenstown
150 min walk • Queenstown Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 32-34 Orr Street, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. It was designed by the Tasmanian government's Public Works Office and built in 1902, with the tower added in 1909. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
5.9 miNW
Sport, Sport venue
Queenstown Oval, Queenstown
152 min walk • Queenstown Oval, known colloquially as The Gravel or The Rec, is a sports arena in Queenstown, located on the west coast of Tasmania.