Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
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Worth seeing in and around Reservoir
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora.
4.3 km · university in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Islamic Museum of Australia
The Islamic Museum of Australia is a community museum in Thornbury, Melbourne, Australia. It began as a not-for-profit foundation founded in May 2010 with the purpose of establishing the first Islamic museum in Australia.
4.5 km · museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Preston Mosque
The Preston Mosque, officially the Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, is a mosque located in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The mosque is run by the Islamic Society of Victoria Inc and, between 2007 and 2011, was the seat of the late Muslim cleric, Sheik Fehmi Naji El-Imam, who was appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia.
2.6 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 04Edwardes Lake
Edwardes Lake is a recreational waterbody in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.
800 m · lake in Darebin City, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Thomastown Mosque
The Thomastown Mosque, is a mosque located in Thomastown, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The mosque is situated opposite the railway line and Thomastown railway station.
4.1 km · Turkish Islamic mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 06Coburg City Oval
Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg. It is home to the Coburg Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club.
4.1 km · stadium in Coburg, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Truby King Baby Health Centre
The Truby King Baby Health Centre is a child health care centre, located on City of Merri-bek Council property on Elm Grove, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The facilities in the centre are shared with the local brass band.
3.8 km · heritage-listed child health care centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 08St James Old Cathedral
St James Old Cathedral, an Anglican church, is the oldest church in Melbourne, Australia, albeit not on its original site. It is one of the relatively few buildings in the central city which predate the Victorian gold rush of 1851.
5.6 km · church in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Holy Trinity Anglican Church Complex
The Holy Trinity Anglican Church is an Anglican parish church located at 520 Sydney Road, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in stages between 1848 and 1883, the church was designed in the Gothic Revival style.
3.8 km · Heritage-listed Anglican church and associated buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Murray Road Bridge
The Murray Road Bridge, also known as the Merri Creek Bridge, is an arch stone road bridge across the Merri Creek and its associated trail, constructed by Victorian convicts, that carries Murray Road, located in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1871, the bridge was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 19 September 1996 in recognition of its architectural, historic and scientific importance.
2.9 km · heritage-listed bridge over the Merri Creek in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Reservoir
- Airports
- Melbourne (MEL), 15 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 59 km
- Stations
- Croxton, 5.3 km · Gowrie, 4 km · Ruthven, 1.3 km · Moreland, 5.4 km · Northcote, 5.9 km
- Geelong/Melbourne → Reservoir14 km · quickest by road, 38 min · A$2–2.5
- Hobart (Cambridge) → Reservoir608 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · A$190–280
- Adelaide → Reservoir652 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · A$200–300
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Reservoir
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Reservoir. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Melbourne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Reservoir
Reservoir is 11 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Coburgsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4.3 km
- Prestonsuburb of Melbourne, Australia3 km
- Thornburysuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.7 km
- Thomastownsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4.1 km
- Fawknersuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3 km
- Pascoe Valesuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia5.2 km