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Lake Tinaroo is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Lake Tinaroo had "no people or a very low population". [1]
Tinaroo is located on the shore of Lake Tinaroo, a man-made reservoir created by the impoundment of the Barron River by the Tinaroo Dam. [4]Despite the town's name, the waterfall of the same name is not in the town nor the locality, but it is very close by in the neighbouring locality of Lake Tinaroo, which includes the dam wall, the lake it impounds and the shoreline around the lake.
The dam is located close to Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham (Yidyam).. Tinaroo Dam spillway Tinaroo Dam spilling. The dam wall, constructed with 223,000 thousand cubic metres (7,900 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of concrete, is 42 metres (138 ft) high and 533 metres (1,749 ft) long.
The Tinaroo Falls, a waterfall on the Barron River, is located in the below the Lake Tinaroo dam wall in Far North region of Queensland, Australia. [3]The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the waterfall are the indigenous Yidinji people.
It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River, which was dammed to form the irrigation reservoir named Lake Tinaroo. Unlike many other rural areas, the Tablelands is experiencing a significant growth in population. [2]
The elevation ranges from 680 metres (2,230 ft) in the north of the locality near Lake Tinaroo to 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the south of the locality. There is small chain of hills known as The Pinnacles in the north of the locality with heights up to 790 to 810 metres (2,590 to 2,660 ft). [3]
Lake Tinaroo Kairi / ˈ k ɛər aɪ / is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region , Queensland , Australia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Kairi had a population of 490 people.
The Barron River (Indigenous: Bibhoora [citation needed]) is located on the Atherton Tablelands inland from Cairns in North Queensland, Australia.With its headwaters below Mount Hypipamee, the 165-kilometre (103 mi)-long river with a catchment area of approximately 2,138 square kilometres (825 sq mi) forms through run off from the Mount Hypipamee National Park, flows through Lake Tinaroo, and ...