The water is crystal clear most times of the year as the lake relies totally on its own catchment.

Lake Purrumbete is a prime destination for anglers chasing chinook salmon and rainbow and brown trout.

[3] The Lake Purrumbete Caravan Park has cabins, ice, public toilets, mooring facilities, jetties, fish cleaning facilities, day parking and a dual lane concrete boat ramp.

[4] Lake Purrumbete is a maar located east of Camperdown in the state of Victoria in Australia.

In Australia, most of the maars are in the southern part of Victoria's Western District, of which more than 30 are between Colac and Warrnambool.