About this place

Lake Muir Observatory is a popular rest stop for travellers on the Muir Highway. 

Back to Lake Muir Nature Reserve

Safety information

Plan when to visit. Consider travelling with a personal location beacon (PLB). In the event you need to be rescued it could save your life!

Gallery

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Entrance to the Lake Muir boardwalk and observatory; a shelter with information signs
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Undercover picnic area with a wooden bench at the Lake Muir Observatory
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A metal boardwalk
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Wooden observatory structure at the end of a metal boardwalk through the bushes
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View over the wetlands at Lake Muir from inside the Lake Muir Observatory
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Picnic bench next to gravel carpark surrounded by trees and dry summer bracken ferns
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Sandy tracks from gravel carpark to facilities at Lake Muir Observatory
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On the metal boardwalk at Lake Muir Observatory looking back towards the carpark
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View of Lake Muir from the Lake Muir Observatory
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Lake Muir Observatory
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Parking area at Lake Muir Observatory
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Picnic bench in a clearing at Lake Muir Observatory
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Undercover picnic tables at Lake Muir Observatory
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Entrance to the Lake Muir Observatory
Undercover picnic area
Metal boardwalk
The observatory at the end of the boardwalk
View of the wetlands and Lake Muir during Summer
Picnic bench next to the carpark
Sandy tracks from gravel carpark to facilities
View back towards the carpark from the boardwalk
Parking area at Lake Muir Observatory
Undercover picnic tables

Facilities

Overlooking Lake Muir, facilities include a 110m boardwalk, observatory, shelter, picnic tables, information and toilet.

Toilet

Shade shelter

Picnic table

Lookout/Deck

Wildlife hide

Activities

Bird watching

Picnicking

Plants, wildlife and fungi

Visit the Atlas of Living Australia for a list of species recorded within a 5km radius of Lake Muir Observatory.

Traditional Owners

We recognise and acknowledge Menang people as the Traditional Owners of Lake Muir Nature Reserve.

Park boundaries are approximations only and should not be used for navigation or orientation purposes.