Enoggera Reservoir
FreeA swimming beach inside a national park, fifteen minutes from the CBD
Swim off a sandy beach inside a national park fifteen minutes from the CBD. Enoggera Reservoir sits behind the Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre at The Gap, with a designated swimming area, a paddle craft launch point, and bushland running right down to the water. You can hire kayaks, canoes and paddleboards from Walkabout Creek Adventures on the foreshore. Motorised boats are banned, so the water stays quiet. The reservoir is open 6am to 6pm daily and parking fills fast on hot weekends.
Step by step
From start to finish, what to expect.
Arrive early on a hot day, because the car park fills by mid-morning
Swim in the roped designated area off the beach
Hire a kayak and paddle the quiet edges of the reservoir
Walk one of the D’Aguilar trails from the same car park, or visit the platypus at Walkabout Creek
Cost breakdown
Estimated per person, in AUD.
How you get there
Your options for the trip.
Drive yourself
Public transport
Local tips
Stuff your mates would tell you.
Swimming is only permitted inside the designated area, not anywhere else on the reservoir
Watch your step in waist-deep water, because that is where the catfish sit. They will bite!
Seqwater closes the water to swimming after heavy rain, so check their alerts before driving out
Get there before 10am on a hot Saturday or you will not find a park
The same car park is the trailhead for D’Aguilar walking and mountain bike trails
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