Rocky Creek Dam

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Rocky Creek Dam is a minor rock fill clay core embankment dam across the Rocky Creek, located upstream of Lismore in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is to supply potable water for the region, including Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay, Evans Head and Alstonville. The impounded reservoir is called Rocky Lake. ()

Opened: April 1953 (71 years ago)Length: 722 ftHeight: 92 ftReservoir area: 0.77 mi²Coordinates: 28°37'54"S, 153°21'4"E

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New South WalesAustralia

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Rocky Creek Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Minyon Falls, Nightcap, Goonengerry National Park, Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve.

2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Minyon Falls, Nightcap National Park
60 min walk • The Minyon Falls is a plunge waterfall on Repentance Creek in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The waterfall descends more than 100 metres over the huge rhyolite cliffs which were once part of the Tweed Volcano. The water flow eroded the rocks to create the waterfall.
6.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Nightcap, Nightcap National Park
166 min walk • The Nightcap Range Important Bird Area is a 157 km² fragmented tract of land containing several protected areas of rainforest in the Nightcap Range of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
4.9 miNE
National park
Goonengerry National Park
124 min walk • Goonengerry is a small village in New South Wales, Australia, 626 km northeast of Sydney. It is known for its horse riding and National Park. Before the proclamation of the national park, this area was a state forest.
6.3 miSE
National park
Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve
161 min walk • The Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. A subtropical jungle remnant of the Big Scrub, the 21-hectare reserve is approximately 19 kilometres northeast of Lismore. Far less than 1% of the original Big Scrub now remains.

Rocky Creek Dam

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Rocky Creek Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Minyon Falls, Nightcap National Park

Nightcap, Nightcap National Park

Goonengerry National Park

Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve