Lake Perseverance is east of Crows Nest, one of three dams that supply most of the water to Toowoomba.
In addition to Perseverance Dam, the other dams are Lake Cressbrook 
and Cooby Dam, and up to 15% of the water supply is still from bores, which were the sole source for Toowoomba’s water supply before the dams were built.
Perseverance is a backup supply during high demand periods, capable of holding 310,000 megalitres of water when full.
All three dams are lower altitude to Toowoomba, so water has to be pumped up to the city’s water reservoirs.
Access to the dam is generally closed off. There are two day use parks either side of the spillway, signed as the Eastern Spillway and Western Spillway Park. The Lake Perseverance Active Recreation Centre is a separate destination, and not open to walk-in tourists.
The Eastern Spillway looks across the spillway to the western side and out to the lake. There are an information board and a couple of picnic tables and an open grass area. The water levels were quite low so the water was nowhere near the spillway.
The Western Spillway Park also looks across the spillway and out to the lake. At the parking area, there is a single picnic table and a stone plaque detailing the official operation of the Perseverance Creek Water Supply Project by Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen in 1970.
A walk from the Western Spillway Park leads to additional picnic tables and more grass area, about 200m from the parking area. Further on is a lookout platform, but unfortunately, the lookout is too obscured by tall trees growing around it.
Leading to the lookout platform is a tribute plaque on a large rock. The plaque is in memory of to Gerrit Bunk who was fatally injured in 1964 during the construction of Perseverance Dam.
About 350m east of the spillway parks is a better park where the water pump station is located. It offers toilets, covered picnic tables, BBQs, and a playground, although there are no views of the lake. Water is available from this park also but needs to be treated.
The Water Pump Station is a large towering building, near where the toilets are located at the bottom end of the park. There are a couple of windows you can peek inside from, but it is otherwise closed from access.
The park is opposite to the Lake Perseverance Active Recreation Centre , but is generally accessed when booked ahead.
West of the spillway there is some room to pull over to get a higher view over the lake. There is not a lot of room and is on a steep winding section of road, it is best to be heading west to pull over.