ABOVE: Lake Burrumbeet is approximately three-quarters full, with bird and animal life returning to the area.RIGHT: Lake Learmonth is also filling after years of being dry, but will take longer.

SWIMMERS and water skiers are returning to a rejuvenated Lake Burrumbeet but they are looking for more than relief from the summer heat. There are no public toilets on the southern side of the lake, ...

Commercial eel fisherman Ben Osborne made the estimate after 13 tonnes of carp choked his eel nets recently. Mr Osborne supplied The Weekly Times with the above video of his most recent catch from the ...

Anglers are even landing large fish with their hands as the carp choke Burrumbeet Creek or Bo Peep Creek, as it is also known. A commercial eel fisher with a Fisheries Victoria permit took 3.2 tonnes ...

A toxic algal bloom has forced Ballarat council to close Lake Burrumbeet. It is the second time this year blue-green algae has been detected in the water body. The lake was temporarily reopened last ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Sunshine washed over the 125th running of the Burrumbeet Cup, making for a glorious New Year's Day ...

Junior fashions on the field at Burrumbeet. Photo: James Boddington Dayne Barry, 13, prepares to call race 4 at Burrumbeet. Photo: James Boddington Horses near the finish line at Burrumbeet. Photo: ...