John Debert Reserve Boat Ramp (Smiths Lake)

John Debert Reserve Boat Ramp (Smiths Lake): Positioned off Amaroo Drive within the John Debert Reserve in Smiths Lake, this regional launching facility consists of a single-lane concrete ramp managed by the MidCoast Council [4, 7, 8]. It has no staging pontoons, walkways, or boarding wharves, requiring direct shoreline vessel boarding [4, 7]. Navigational and launching operations are heavily constrained by the lake's water level management; during mechanical breaches of the ICOLL sandbar, the ramp faces extreme outflow currents and rapid dewatering, posing a severe vessel stranding hazard [4, 9-11].