Paradise Dam

Paradise Dam: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Paradise Dam

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Paradise Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -25.35044, 151.91902. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Paradise Dam

• Good Night Scrub National Park · sanctuary · Bundaberg Region · ~9 km · Must-see
• Coalstoun Lakes National Park · sanctuary · North Burnett Regional · ~34 km · Must-see
• Mount Walsh · sanctuary · North Burnett Regional · ~35 km · Must-see
• Flying High Bird Sanctuary · sanctuary · Bundaberg Region · ~44 km · Must-see
• Childers Historical Complex · church · Bundaberg Region · ~48 km · Must-see
• Fairlies Knob · sanctuary · Fraser Coast Regional · ~51 km · Must-see
• Roll of Honour · fort · North Burnett Regional · ~54 km · Must-see
• Mount Doongul · viewpoint · Fraser Coast Regional · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lake Gregory · lake · Bundaberg Region · ~59 km · Must-see
• Biggenden Museum · museum · North Burnett Regional · ~28 km
• Woowoonga National Park · sanctuary · North Burnett Regional · ~29 km
• Hogback Nature Refuge · sanctuary · North Burnett Regional · ~36 km
• The Rapids Nature Refuge · sanctuary · North Burnett Regional · ~37 km
• Cordalba National Park · sanctuary · Bundaberg Region · ~39 km
• St Patricks Church, Mount Perry · church · North Burnett Regional · ~42 km
• Coongarra Rock · viewpoint · North Burnett Regional · ~44 km
• Billygoat Mountain · viewpoint · Fraser Coast Regional · ~44 km
• Apple Tree Creek Roll of Honour · fort · Bundaberg Region · ~44 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Paradise Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Paradise Dam

• Lake Gregory · lake · Bundaberg Region · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake Lenthall · lake · Fraser Coast Regional · ~78 km · Must-see
• McKenzie Jetty Walk High Tide · lake · Fraser Coast Regional · ~138 km · Must-see
• Lake Boomanjin · lake · Fraser Coast Regional · ~147 km · Must-see
• Lake Monduran · lake · Bundaberg Region · ~75 km
• Ben Anderson Barrage · lake · Bundaberg Region · ~79 km
• Akarra Lagoons · lake · Fraser Coast Regional · ~107 km
• Wuruma Dam · lake · North Burnett Regional · ~119 km
• Boondooma Dam · lake · South Burnett Regional · ~120 km
• Fishers Dam · lake · South Burnett Regional · ~137 km

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