| Type: | suburb |
| Lake Macdonald | |
| City: | Sunshine Coast |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -26.39°N 152.9386°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
| Pop: | 1352 |
| Postcode: | 4563 |
| Area: | 26.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 16.8 |
| Dir1: | W |
| Location1: | Tewantin |
| Dist2: | 45.8 |
| Dir2: | NNW |
| Location2: | Maroochydore |
| Dist3: | 132 |
| Dir3: | N |
| Location3: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Noosa |
| Stategov: | Noosa |
| Stategov2: | Nicklin |
| Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
| Near-Nw: | Pomona |
| Near-N: | Ringtail Creek |
| Near-Ne: | Cooroibah |
| Near-W: | Cooroy |
| Near-E: | Tinbeerwah |
| Near-Sw: | Cooroy |
| Near-S: | Cooroy Mountain |
| Near-Se: | Cooroy Mountain |
Lake Macdonald is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Lake Macdonald had a population of 1,352 people.
Located adjacent to the suburb is the Six Mile Creek Dam, a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Six Mile Creek that impounds the reservoir, called Lake Macdonald (-26.3833°N 152.9333°W).[2] The main purpose of the reservoir is for potable water supply of the Sunshine Coast region and for recreation.[3]
The Cooroy-Noosa Road runs through from west to east.
Between 2008 and 2013 Lake Macdonald (along with the rest of Shire of Noosa) was within the Sunshine Coast Region.[4] [5]
In the, Lake Macdonald had a population of 1,129 people.
In the, Lake Macdonald had a population of 1,363 people.
In the, Lake Macdonald had a population of 1,352 people.
There are no schools in Lake Macdonald. The nearest primary school is Cooroy State School in neighbouring Cooroy to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus (Years 7–9) in neighbouring Pomona to the north-east and its senior campus (Years 10–12) in Cooroy.
Lake Macdonald Water Treatment Plant is on Lake Macdonald Drive (-26.3804°N 152.9326°W).[6]
There are a number of facilities around the lake. There is a boat ramp and pontoon at Mary River Cod Park on Collwood Road for access to the lake (-26.3809°N 152.9355°W). There is another boat ramp at Lake MacDonald Park on Lake MacDonald Drive (-26.3854°N 152.9295°W). They are all managed by the South East Queensland Water Corp.[7]
There are two jetties into the lake, one at the north of the lake at Lake MacDonald Drive (-26.3825°N 152.9292°W) and one at the south of the lake (-26.3829°N 152.9291°W). Both are managed by the Noosa Shire Council.