Warragamba Dam, Sydney

Name: Warragamba Dam
Address: Sydney, Australia

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Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is a concrete gravity dam, which creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supply for the city of Sydney. The dam wall is located approximately 65 kilometres W of Sydney central business district, 4½ km SW of the town of Wallacia, and 1 km NW of the village of Warragamba. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1960 (65 years ago)Length: 1152 ftHeight: 466 ftReservoir area: 28.96 mi²Reservoir depth: 344 ftCoordinates: 33°52'58"S, 150°35'46"E

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Warragamba Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nepean Gorge, St Thomas' Anglican Church, Bents Basin State Conservation Area, Wallacia.

3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Nepean Gorge, Sydney
93 min walk • The Nepean Gorge is a gorge on the Nepean River west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The gorge is located south of the western suburb of Penrith and is administered and protected by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
5 miNE
Church
St Thomas' Anglican Church, Sydney
129 min walk • St Thomas' Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in the western Sydney suburb of Mulgoa in the City of Penrith local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The church forms part of the Diocese of Sydney.
4 miSE
National park
Bents Basin State Conservation Area
104 min walk • Bents Basin is a protected nature reserve and state park near Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia in the Sydney metropolitan area. The lake basin, which formed at the efflux of the Nepean River from the Hawkesbury Sandstone gorge, is a popular swimming hole with a camping area and an education centre used by local school groups.
2.9 miNE
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Wallacia, Sydney
73 min walk • Wallacia is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Formerly a rural village it is 68 kilometres west of the Sydney GPO, in the local government areas of the City of Penrith, City of Liverpool and Wollondilly Shire.

Warragamba Dam, Sydney

Facts and practical information

Warragamba Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nepean Gorge, Sydney

St Thomas' Anglican Church, Sydney

Bents Basin State Conservation Area

Wallacia, Sydney