Enoggera Reservoir

Enoggera Reservoir, also known as Lake Enoggera, is a heritage-listed reservoir in The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland, within D'Aguilar National Park. Constructed between 1864 and 1866 as Brisbane's first major water supply, it is the city's oldest reservoir. Today it is a popular recreation reserve managed by Seqwater, offering paddling, swimming, bushwalking and picnicking amid open eucalypt forest.

Visitors can expect a bushland-fringed freshwater reservoir with a historic dam wall, open water for non-powered paddling, a designated swimming area, grassy picnic grounds and forested walking tracks. The site includes the Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre at the entrance, hire facilities for kayaks and stand-up paddleboards, and lookouts over the water. The setting is natural and quiet, surrounded by D'Aguilar National Park with birdlife and wallabies often seen.

Constructed 1864-1866 to secure Brisbane's first reliable water supply following water shortages and drought. Designed by engineer Joseph Brady, the earth embankment dam was Brisbane's principal water source until 1880s and remains the city's oldest surviving reservoir. The dam and associated structures are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register for their engineering and historical importance.

The reservoir is valued as a historic water infrastructure site and as a long-standing recreational reserve for Brisbane residents. Located within D'Aguilar National Park and adjacent to Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre, it serves as an educational site for local ecology, Aboriginal and settler heritage interpretation, and community outdoor recreation.