Tinaroo Dam

#1037 among destinations in Australia

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The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam with a central ogee spillway across the Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The dam's purpose includes irrigation for the Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Scheme, water supply, hydroelectricity, and recreation. Completed between 1953 and 1958, the dam creates the impounded reservoir, Lake Tinaroo. ()

Opened: 1958 (66 years ago)Length: 1749 ftHeight: 138 ftReservoir area: 13.51 mi²Reservoir depth: 137 ftCoordinates: 17°9'49"S, 145°32'46"E

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QueenslandAustralia

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

Nearby attractions include: Lake Euramoo, Tinaroo Falls, Atherton Tableland, Rainforest Gems Gallery & Studio.

5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Euramoo
138 min walk • Lake Euramoo is a shallow dumbbell-shaped volcanic crater lake in Danbulla, Tablelands Region, Far North Queensland, Australia. It was formed about 23,000 years ago by two massive explosions from groundwater superheating.
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Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Tinaroo Falls, Tolga
1 min walk • 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. The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the waterfall are the indigenous Yidinji people.
0.9 miW
Area
Atherton Tableland, Danbulla National Park and State Forest
22 min walk • The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tinaroo.
6.2 miSW
17°13'37"S • 145°28'44"E
Rainforest Gems Gallery & Studio, Tolga
159 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
5.5 miE
Neighbourhood
Danbulla, Danbulla National Park and State Forest
140 min walk • Danbulla is a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Danbulla had a population of 47 people.

Tinaroo Dam

Facts and practical information

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

Lake Euramoo

Tinaroo Falls, Tolga

Atherton Tableland, Danbulla National Park and State Forest

Rainforest Gems Gallery & Studio, Tolga

Danbulla, Danbulla National Park and State Forest