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Gordonbrook Dam is an earthen dam in Gordonbook, South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Along with Boondooma Dam, it is the main source of water supply for Kingaroy in the Wide Bay-Burnett area. It was built in 1941 to provide water for the Royal Australian Air Force Training Base during World War II. In 1987, due to increased demand, the ...
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
Although it is not a populated area, Lake Wivenhoe offers a range of outdoor recreational facilities for camping, picnics, swimming, fishing and water sports. A stocked impoundment permit is required to fish in the dam. [51] Swimming is permitted and camp sites have been established.
The dam is stocked with bass, golden perch, silver perch and barramundi, while eel-tailed catfish, and bony bream are present naturally. [5] A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam. [9] In 1993 and 1994, more than 60,000 barramundi were released into the dam, thought the furthest south that the species could survive. [5]
Since 1991, lake has been stocked with 80,000 bass and 25,000 Silver Perch. Garfish and eel-tailed catfish occur naturally. [2] Lake Gregory is the closest freshwater storage lake to Bundaberg and is surrounded by the Elliott State Forest. [3] A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam. [4]
The managed camping facilities at Captain Logan Camp include hot showers, barbecues and toilets, and are adjacent to playgrounds and a boat ramp at Logan Inlet. Cormorant Bay, Hamon Cove and Spillway Common also have facilities for picnic. [19] A stocked impoundment permit is required to fish in the dam. [20]
The dam is stocked with Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, and Saratoga under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme. [ 3 ] The dam was completed in 1982, and after reaching a low of 3.31% in February 2003, it overflowed for the first time in late December 2010.
It is stocked with Australian native fish such as barramundi, bass, golden perch and silver perch under the Queensland Governments stocked impoundment permit scheme. Other aquatic species which inhabit the lake include spangled grunter, saratoga, Krefft's turtle, Flinders Ranges mogurnda, rainbow fish, fire tail gudgeon, long finned eel and many more.