Brambles Reserve Boat Ramp (Smiths Lake)

Brambles Reserve Boat Ramp (Smiths Lake): Located on the northern shore of Smiths Lake and accessed off Lot 7009 along The Lakes Way in Tarbuck Bay, this single-lane concrete ramp is managed by the MidCoast Council and designed for launching shallow-draft vessels and light watercraft [4, 8, 12, 13]. The facility has no staging pontoons, floating walkways, or boarding jetties, requiring users to secure and board their vessels directly from the natural foreshore [4, 12, 13]. Operations are heavily constrained by the lake's water level management policies; mechanical breaching of the ICOLL sandbar to prevent minor flooding causes rapid drops in water levels, creating severe low-water shoaling conditions and an immediate boat stranding hazard that temporarily closes the ramp [4, 9-11, 13].