Dam Facilities
Visitor facilities were closed for four years during the Stage 3 upgrade, reopening on 19 December 2011. Following the upgrade, recreational activities allowed include walking, electric or manual-powered boating, fishing, biking and horse riding. The facilities are open from 6 am to 6 pm daily. No camping is permitted around the lake. Dogs are also not permitted, while swimming has been strongly discouraged.
An interpretive centre was also opened on 19 December 2011, along with new parking, walking trails, toilet facilities and barbecue areas. However the final design of the dam has been criticised in the media and by residents and politicians, some describing it as a "concrete bunker". The criticism arose because of a reduction in playground, boating and barbecue facilities; the banning of dogs; the extensive use of concrete; and because many of the facilities are either far from the water's edge or below the dam wall with no water views.
Advancetown Lake has two boat ramps, one on the western and another on the eastern side.
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