Monday, 14 January 2019

Fairbairn Dam, Queensland.

The first photo is of one of the streets in Emerald, the Fairbairn Dam and Lake Maraboon which has changed since our last visit with more work being done as shown in the photos.

Fairbairn Dam is an eathfill-filled embankment dam across the Nogoa River, located southwest of Emerald in Central Queensland.  Constructed in 1972 for the primary purpose of irrigation, the impoundment created byt the dam serves as one the potable water supplies for the region and assists with some flood mitigation.  Lake Maraboon with an active capacity of 1,301,000 ML (2.86 x 10"imp gal; 3.44 x 10" US gal) was formed by damming of the Nogoa River, and, in 2008, was Queensland's second largest dam.  Maraboon is the Aboriginal for 'where the black ducks fly".
Wikipedia

 Will be away till after the weekend.  Off in the caravan to the east coast of Tasmania.













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Location: Lake Maraboon, Queensland, Australia

37 comments:

  1. CatarinaMonday, 14 January 2019 at 00:21:00 GMT+11

    I am enjoying this ride a lot!
    : )

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  2. David M. Gascoigne,Monday, 14 January 2019 at 01:02:00 GMT+11

    That is quite a lake that has been created. I hope there are no long term negative effects from the dam as there so often are.

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:38:00 GMT+11

      Let's hope there is not - workers have been working on it for some years now.

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  3. Author R. Mac WheelerMonday, 14 January 2019 at 05:27:00 GMT+11

    yeahhhhh ... water

    wink

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  4. Miradas desde mi lenteMonday, 14 January 2019 at 06:41:00 GMT+11

    La primera fotografía, me parece la más bella.

    Besos

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  5. Elephant's ChildMonday, 14 January 2019 at 07:45:00 GMT+11

    Enjoy your trip away. That is one BIG dam.

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  6. John MMonday, 14 January 2019 at 08:31:00 GMT+11

    Amazing dam.

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  7. Jo-Anne's RamblingsMonday, 14 January 2019 at 08:32:00 GMT+11

    Awesome photos

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  8. Bill Monday, 14 January 2019 at 09:45:00 GMT+11

    Useful!

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  9. HuggybearMonday, 14 January 2019 at 09:54:00 GMT+11

    Hopefully this water will be used for the pastoralists.
    Water is gold for the cattle in that area.

    Enjoy your trip away....you know where my eyes will be glued........the Australian Open tennis...........hopefully the heat factor will be wisely used by the organisers.
    Seeing players in stress in 50c plus conditions on court is disgraceful.
    I am also hoping that Tomic and Kyrgios (our disgusting Aussie players) are sent packing in Round 1. The Croatian, Marin Cilic, and the Canadian Milos Raonic both in the top rankings will have their swords drawn for a slaughter of the two loathesome BRATS!
    Cheers
    Colin

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    1. HuggybearThursday, 17 January 2019 at 10:05:00 GMT+11

      Operation "Brat Removal" successful. Thank you Canada, thank you Croatia!
      Now a harder operation - Operation "Removal of Large Green Tree Frog"!
      Miracles "might" ??? happen.
      colin

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    2. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:36:00 GMT+11

      Wasn't a great deal of water about when we were there, I'm sure the water will be put to good use.
      Missed a few days of tennis due to visiting..

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  10. AnonymousMonday, 14 January 2019 at 17:40:00 GMT+11

    Impressive engineering. I hope it is not to be used for ridiculous cotton growing.

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:35:00 GMT+11

      Well you never know Andrew as cotton has taken off as in it's grown more I believe.

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  11. RiverTuesday, 15 January 2019 at 19:07:00 GMT+11

    That's about the biggest dam I've ever seen. Any chance they might add a pipeline to the drier states?

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:35:00 GMT+11

      It is a large dam, and near Kununurra in WA there is plenty of water and I wonder why water isn't sent via pipeline from there to drier States and places who need water so badly.

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  12. Tanza Erlambang - Every Day IssuesTuesday, 15 January 2019 at 22:55:00 GMT+11

    the views are beautiful....
    have a great day

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  13. Lowcarb team memberWednesday, 16 January 2019 at 06:18:00 GMT+11

    Many thanks for the photographs - enjoy your trip to the east coast of Tasmania.

    All the best Jan

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  14. diane bWednesday, 16 January 2019 at 16:59:00 GMT+11

    I didn't realise Maraboon Lake was so big

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:32:00 GMT+11

      I guess it's something we don't think about Diane as to how big things are - we have many 'big' things here in Australia :)

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  15. Ildefonso RobledoThursday, 17 January 2019 at 17:59:00 GMT+11

    Muy bella serie de imagenes

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  16. Existe Sempre Um LugarFriday, 18 January 2019 at 21:33:00 GMT+11

    Bom dia, belas fotos a mostra o enorme e belo lago Maraboon.
    AG

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 14:31:00 GMT+11

      Thanks. It certainly is a very large lake it's a pity you can't see it all at once.

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  17. bailiSunday, 20 January 2019 at 01:48:00 GMT+11

    I absolutely LOVED the pics of dam!
    So serene and so beautiful!

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  18. Maria RodriguesWednesday, 23 January 2019 at 09:07:00 GMT+11

    Beautiful lake.
    Great photos.
    Hugs
    Maria
    Divagar Sobre Tudo um Pouco

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