Lakes and Reservoirs in Melbourne
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 is a city in south-eastern Australia. Most major lakes are used for recreational purposes, mostly sailing, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, but some are used for activities like water skiing or swimming. Melbourne hosts a number of major water catchment reservoirs that supply the city's water as well as many smaller reservoirs or retarding basins used either for water supply or storm water drainage.

The Yarra River
Yarra River
The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...

 hosts many small lakes and billabong
Billabong
Billabong is an Australian English word meaning a small lake, specifically an oxbow lake, a section of still water adjacent to a river, cut off by a change in the watercourse. Billabongs are usually formed when the path of a creek or river changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end...

s, particularly through its middle reaches, many of which are not named and are not included here. This article does not include lakes and reservoirs outside of the Greater Melbourne area, for information on other lakes in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 see the List of reservoirs and dams in Australia.

Major lakes

  • Albert Park Lake - Albert Park
    Albert Park, Victoria
    Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....

  • Aura Vale Lake - Menzies Creek
    Menzies Creek, Victoria
    Menzies Creek is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 42 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges...

  • Blackburn Lake
    Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
    Blackburn Lake Sanctuary is an excellent example of regenerated and remnant bushland in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Blackburn...

     - Blackburn
    Blackburn, Victoria
    Blackburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Blackburn had a population of 11,958....

  • Caribbean Lake
    Caribbean Gardens
    Caribbean Gardens is a market and gardens located in the outer eastern suburb of Scoresby in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of the largest privately run markets in Australia and has been operating since the late 1960s....

     - Scoresby
    Scoresby, Victoria
    Scoresby is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...

  • Carrum Carrum Swamp - South-eastern suburbs (former)
  • Cherry Lake - Altona
    Altona, Victoria
    Altona is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Altona had a population of 9685....

  • Edwardes Lake - Reservoir
    Reservoir, Victoria
    Reservoir is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Reservoir had a population of 45,970....

  • Jells Lake
    Jells Park
    Jells Park is a public park in Wheelers Hill, a suburb to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opening on 30 April 1976, the park attracts in excess of 700,000 visitors a year. The park is in excess of 127 hectares and contains 9 kilometres of bike paths. The Dandenong Creek Trail runs...

     - Wheelers Hill
    Wheelers Hill, Victoria
    Wheelers Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Wheelers Hill had a population of 21,029.-History:...

  • Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp - Outer south-eastern suburbs (former)
  • Lillydale Lake - Lilydale
    Lilydale, Victoria
    Lilydale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district situated in the Olinda Creek valley. At the 2006 Census, Lilydale had a population of 13,887...

  • Lysterfield Lake
    Lysterfield Park
    Lysterfield Park is a public park in Lysterfield, a suburb to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the venue for mountain biking events of the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

     - Lysterfield
    Lysterfield, Victoria
    Lysterfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 32 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Lysterfield had a population of 5,423....

  • RAAF Lake - Point Cook
    Point Cook, Victoria
    Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Point Cook had a population of 14,162, now it is estimated that the population of Point Cook is 32,167...

  • Royal Botanic Gardens Lakes
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
    The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne are internationally renowned botanical gardens located near the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the south bank of the Yarra River. They are 38 hectares of landscaped gardens consisting of a mix of native and non-native vegetation including over...

    ,[Melbourne
  • Ornamental Lake
  • Central Lake
  • Nymphaea Lily Lake
  • Patterson Lakes - Patterson Lakes
    Patterson Lakes, Victoria
    Patterson Lakes is a suburb in outer south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and is located 32 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston. In the 2006 Census Patterson Lakes had a population of 7,235 people.Patterson Lakes consists...

  • Schooner Bay
  • Barellan Harbours
  • Lake Carramar
  • Lake Illawong
  • Lake Legana
  • Sanctuary Lakes - Point Cook
    Point Cook, Victoria
    Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Point Cook had a population of 14,162, now it is estimated that the population of Point Cook is 32,167...

  • West Gate Lakes
    West Gate Bridge
    The West Gate Bridge is a steel box girder cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It spans the Yarra River, just north of its mouth into Port Phillip, and is a vital link between the inner city and Melbourne's western suburbs with the industrial suburbs in the west and with the city...

     - Port Melbourne
    Port Melbourne, Victoria
    Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km southwest of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government areas are the cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Port Melbourne had a population of 13,293....


Small lakes & other bodies of water

  • Anniversary Lake - Berwick
    Berwick, Victoria
    Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....

  • Blue Lake - Plenty
    Plenty, Victoria
    Plenty is a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary 20 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Plenty had a population of 986.Plenty is a...

  • Brodies Lakes - Greenvale
    Greenvale, Victoria
    Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...

  • Burndap Lakes - Maribyrnong
    Maribyrnong, Victoria
    Maribyrnong is a suburb 8 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong, part of River Ward. At the 2006 Census, Maribyrnong had a population of 8242....

  • Bushy Park Wetlands - Glen Waverley
    Glen Waverley, Victoria
    Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

  • Cairnlea Lake - Cairnlea
    Cairnlea, Victoria
    Cairnlea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank...

  • Glen Iris Wetlands - Glen Iris
    Glen Iris, Victoria
    Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington...

  • Hays Paddock Billabong - Kew East
    Kew East, Victoria
    Kew East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...

  • Hull Road Wetlands - Lilydale
    Lilydale, Victoria
    Lilydale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district situated in the Olinda Creek valley. At the 2006 Census, Lilydale had a population of 13,887...

  • Iramoo Lake - Cairnlea
    Cairnlea, Victoria
    Cairnlea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank...

  • Kalparrin Lake - Greensborough
    Greensborough, Victoria
    Greensborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Greensborough had a population of 20,214....

  • Karkarook Lake & Wetlands - Heatherton
    Heatherton, Victoria
    Heatherton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston. At the 2006 Census, Heatherton had a population of 2,253....

  • Katoomba Lake - Wantirna
    Wantirna, Victoria
    Wantirna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox. At the 2006 Census, Wantirna had a population of 13,978....

  • Kew Billabong - Kew East
  • Knoxfield Lake - Knoxfield
    Knoxfield, Victoria
    Knoxfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...

  • Lake Treganowan (Emerald Lake) - Emerald
    Emerald, Victoria
    Emerald is a town and semi-rural locality in the Greater Melbourne area, Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, outside the urban area. Its Local Government Area are the Shires of Cardinia and Yarra Ranges...

  • La Trobe University
    La Trobe University
    La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...

     Lakes - Macleod
    Macleod, Victoria
    Macleod is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule and Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Macleod had a population of 8083...

  • Main Lake
  • Small Lake
  • Upper Lakes
  • Springthorpe Lake
  • Sports Fields Lake
  • McAlpin Lake - Ringwood North
    Ringwood North, Victoria
    Ringwood North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah...

  • Merri Creek
    Merri Creek
    The Merri Creek is a waterway in southern parts of Victoria, Australia which flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It begins in Wallan north of Melbourne and flows south for 70km until it joins the Yarra River at Dights Falls...

     Lake - Coburg North
    Coburg North, Victoria
    Coburg North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Coburg North had a population of 6064....

  • Newport Lakes - Newport
    Newport, Victoria
    Newport is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Newport had a population of 11,244.-History:...

  • North Lake
  • South Lake
  • Polishing Ponds - Niddrie
    Niddrie, Victoria
    Niddrie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley...

  • Queens Park Lake - Moonee Ponds
    Moonee Ponds, Victoria
    Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.It is home to Queens Park and the Moonee Valley Racecourse...

  • Ringwood Lake - Ringwood
    Ringwood, Victoria
    Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Ringwood had a population of 15,185....

  • Rowville Lakes - Rowville
    Rowville, Victoria
    Rowville is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox. At the 2006 Census, Rowville had a population of 34,412....

  • Cogley Lake
  • Sutton Lake
  • Hill Lake
  • Sandown Lake & Dam - Springvale
    Springvale, Victoria
    Springvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

  • Spectacle Lake - Point Cook
    Point Cook, Victoria
    Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Point Cook had a population of 14,162, now it is estimated that the population of Point Cook is 32,167...

  • Taylors Lakes - Taylors Lakes
    Taylors Lakes, Victoria
    Taylors Lakes is a suburb 23 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Taylors Lakes had a population of 16,555....

  • Valley Lake - Niddrie
    Niddrie, Victoria
    Niddrie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley...


Major Water Catchment Reservoirs

  • Thomson River Dam
    Thomson River Dam
    The Thomson Dam is located on the Thomson River about 130 km east of Melbourne in Gippsland near the former township of Beardmore and the Baw Baw National Park....

     (1,068,000)
  • Cardinia Reservoir
    Cardinia Reservoir
    Cardinia Reservoir is a 287,000 megalitre water storage located in Emerald-Clematis-Dewhurst in south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Construction started in May 1970 and was completed in 1973 at a cost of more than A$11.4 million dollars.-History:...

     - Emerald
    Emerald, Victoria
    Emerald is a town and semi-rural locality in the Greater Melbourne area, Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, outside the urban area. Its Local Government Area are the Shires of Cardinia and Yarra Ranges...

     (287,000)
  • Upper Yarra Reservoir (200,000)
  • Sugarloaf Reservoir
    Sugarloaf Reservoir
    Sugarloaf Reservoir is a reservoir located north-east of Melbourne. It was completed in 1981. Its total capacity is 96 GL. As of February 12, 2010 the reservoir sits at 67.1% of capacity. It reached nearly 80% in late 2009 after reaching nearly 10% in May...

     - Christmas Hills
    Christmas Hills, Victoria
    Christmas Hills is a town in Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik...

     (96,000)
  • Silvan Reservoir - Silvan
    Silvan, Victoria
    Silvan is a town in Victoria, Australia, 40 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges...

     (40,000)
  • Yan Yean Reservoir
    Yan Yean Reservoir
    Yan Yean Reservoir is the oldest water supply for the city of Melbourne, Australia. It is built on the Plenty River a tributary of the Yarra River, 30 km north of the city. A 9.5 metre embankment holds back 30,000 megalitres of water...

    (30,000)
  • Greenvale Reservoir
    Greenvale Reservoir
    Greenvale Reservoir is an off-stream water storage dam in northern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is situated in the upper Yuroke Creek catchment, the major tributary of the Moonee Ponds Creek...

     - Greenvale
    Greenvale, Victoria
    Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...

     (27,000)
  • Maroondah Reservoir
    Maroondah Reservoir
    The Maroondah Reservoir is a small reservoir used to supply water to Melbourne, Victoria.Constructed in the 1920s by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, it is a concrete gravity dam. It is now operated by Melbourne Water....

     (22,000)
  • O'Shannassy Reservoir
    O'Shannassy Reservoir
    The O'Shannassy Reservoir is located on the O'Shannassy River - a tributary of the Yarra River - near McMahons Creek, around 80 km East of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The reservoir is part of Melbourne's water supply system...

     (3,000)
  • Bittern Reservoir - Tuerong
    Tuerong, Victoria
    Tuerong is a rural locality of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port, lying inland between the coastal suburbs of Mount Martha, Hastings and Moorooduc South...

  • Devilbend Reservoir
    Devilbend Reservoir
    Devilbend Natural Features Reserve is a 1,057 ha park on the Mornington Peninsula 55 km south-east of Melbourne, Australia, between Hastings and Mount Martha in the traditional country of the Bunurong people...

     - Tuerong
    Tuerong, Victoria
    Tuerong is a rural locality of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port, lying inland between the coastal suburbs of Mount Martha, Hastings and Moorooduc South...

  • Frankston Reservoir - Frankston South
    Frankston South, Victoria
    Frankston South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston...


Small Reservoirs

  • Cheltenham Reservoir - Cheltenham
    Cheltenham, Victoria
    Cheltenham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 19 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston to the eastern side of the area's metropolitan railway line and Charman Road north, while the City of Bayside resides over...

  • CSL Retarding Basin - Glenroy
    Glenroy, Victoria
    Glenroy is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...

  • Dandenong Reservoir - Belgrave
    Belgrave, Victoria
    Belgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Belgrave had a population of 4094...

  • Darebin Reservoirs - Reservoir
    Reservoir, Victoria
    Reservoir is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Reservoir had a population of 45,970....

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  • Hallam Bypass Retarding Basin & Wetlands - Narre Warren
    Narre Warren, Victoria
    Narre Warren is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 42 km south east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Narre Warren had a population of 25,667. Narre Warren has a population density of over 2000 people per square...

  • Liverpool Road Retarding Basin - Boronia
    Boronia, Victoria
    Boronia is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...

  • Mitcham Reservoir - Mitcham
    Mitcham, Victoria
    Mitcham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Mitcham had a population of 14,211.-History:...

  • Moorabbin Reservoir - Bentleigh East
    Bentleigh East, Victoria
    Bentleigh East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Bentleigh East had a population of 24,520....

  • Mornington Reservoir - Mount Eliza
    Mount Eliza, Victoria
    Mount Eliza is an outer suburb south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...

  • Mt. View Reservoir - Glen Waverley
    Glen Waverley, Victoria
    Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

  • Surrey Hills Reservoir - Surrey Hills
    Surrey Hills, Victoria
    Surrey Hills is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area lies within the cities of Boroondara and Whitehorse...

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