Lake Baroon Catchment

Lake Baroon catchment is 74.3 km² in size (7,430 ha) and lies on the Blackall Ranges, within the Sunshine Coast Regional Council district, in Queensland, Australia.

The catchment comprises a myriad of waterways dissecting the landscape, with five major waterways entering the lake (Obi Obi Creek, Walkers Creek, Bridge Creek, Falls Creek and Elston (also known as Smalls or Lexys) Creek.

These waterways all drain into Lake Baroon (otherwise known as Baroon Pocket Dam).  The quality of the water discharging into the lake is affected by a myriad of landuses across the catchment, including dairy and beef cattle, horses, horticultural production, natural vegetation, rural and urban residential, service provision and light industrial landuse. These combine to increase the loadings of sediment and nutrients.