Coolmunda Dam

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Coolmunda Dam

The spillway and gates of Coolmunda Dam
Location 13km East of Inglewood, Queensland
Coordinates 28°25′51″S 151°13′16″E / 28.4308°S 151.221°E / -28.4308; 151.221Coordinates: 28°25′51″S 151°13′16″E / 28.4308°S 151.221°E / -28.4308; 151.221
Type Reservoir
Primary inflows Macintrye Brook
Primary outflows Macintrye Brook
Catchment area 1735 sq km
Basin countries Australia
Max. length 12 km
Max. width 5.9 km
Surface area 1645 ha
Average depth 4.3 m
Max. depth 16.1 m
Water volume 69,000 ML[1]
Surface elevation 314m
References [1]

Coolmunda Dam is an embankment dam built across the Macintyre Brook, creating the artificial Lake Coolmunda. The lake is situated 13 km east of Inglewood, just off the Cunningham Highway on Queensland's Darling Downs. Constructed in 1968 for irrigation and town water, the lake holds 69,000 ML of water at 100% capacity at an average depth of 4.3 m (14 ft) and has a surface area of 1,740 ha.

The total catchment area for the lake is 1,735 km2 (670 sq mi).[2] Lake Coolmunda is filled by the Macintrye Brook waterway.[3] Two smaller creeks, Bracker Creek and Sandy Creek, also provide inflows.

The lake is owned and managed by SunWater. For visitors to the lake, there is one boat ramp, three picnic areas with good facilities as well as a caravan park.[3] Free bush camping by the lake is permitted. There are no boating restrictions in place.[3] Parts of the lake contain stretches of standing timber and along the northern bank there are submerged fence posts the demark a former creek bed.[3]

Fishing

Eel-tailed catfish and spangled perch are found naturally in the lake's waters and the Lake Coolmunda Restocking Group Inc. stocks it with murray cod, silver perch and golden perch.[3] The introduced species european carp has also been found in the lake.[4] Anglers require a Stocked Impoundment Permit to fish Lake Coolmunda.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sunwater Current Water Storage Information
  2. ↑ "Water resources - Overview - Queensland". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Commonwealth of Australia. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harrison, Rod; Ernie James, Chris Sully, Bill Classon, Joy Eckermann (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4. 
  4. ↑ Garry Fitzgerald (2000). "Coolmunda Dam/Lake Coolmunda". Sweetwater Fishing. Sweetwater Fishing Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-26. 
  5. ↑ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit.

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