Pindari Dam
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Pindari Dam is a reservoir in New South Wales
, Australia
22 kilometres east of the town of Ashford
and north of Inverell. It is primarily an agricultural storage dam used extensively by the cotton industry.
Pindari Dam is located on the Severn River, and is named after the Aboriginal word for 'high rocks'. The name was used for an early pastoral run near the dam. Pindari Dam was the first major conservation storage to be built in northern NSW, commencing in 1967 and being completed in 1969. It has a storage capacity of 312,000 million litres, a catchment area of 1994 square kilometres, a surface area of 10.5 square kilometres, and a maximum water depth of 85 metres.
Recreation activities include bushwalking, picnicking, sailing, swimming, fishing and waterskiing. The foreshore park is a popular local picnic site and camping area on a crown reserve, managed by Inverell Shire Council. There is a lookout on the main dam wall.
Recreation facilities include a boat ramp, barbecue
s, bush shelter sheds and tables and toilets.
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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22 kilometres east of the town of Ashford
Ashford, New South Wales
Ashford is a small farming community in the New England region of New South Wales, close to the Queensland border.-History:Frazer's Creek Post Office opened on 1 January 1853 and was renamed Ashford in 1863....
and north of Inverell. It is primarily an agricultural storage dam used extensively by the cotton industry.
Pindari Dam is located on the Severn River, and is named after the Aboriginal word for 'high rocks'. The name was used for an early pastoral run near the dam. Pindari Dam was the first major conservation storage to be built in northern NSW, commencing in 1967 and being completed in 1969. It has a storage capacity of 312,000 million litres, a catchment area of 1994 square kilometres, a surface area of 10.5 square kilometres, and a maximum water depth of 85 metres.
Recreation activities include bushwalking, picnicking, sailing, swimming, fishing and waterskiing. The foreshore park is a popular local picnic site and camping area on a crown reserve, managed by Inverell Shire Council. There is a lookout on the main dam wall.
Recreation facilities include a boat ramp, barbecue
Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
s, bush shelter sheds and tables and toilets.