Ross River Dam and Surrounds
(Dam Proper - Park - Base of Spillway and Borrow Pits)
Access to the Dam is about 14 kilometres from Thuringowa Central via Riverway Drive.
Owned by the Townsville City Council, Ross River Dam stores over 200,000 mega litres of water and supplies up to 80% of the regions drinking water. The dam wall stretches 8.3 kilometres across the Ross River floodplain providing additional flood mitigation benefit to downstream communities.
The dam’s extensive shallow margins and fringing woodlands provide habitat for over 200 species of birds. At times the number of Australian Pelicans, Black Swans, Eurasian Coots and Hardhead Ducks can run into the thousands, a sight to behold. The Dam is also the breeding area for the White-bellied Sea-Eagle and the Osprey. The park around the Dam and the base of the spillway is ideal habit for bush birds. The borrow pits across the road from the Dam also supports a good variety of water birds for sometime after the wet season.
Link to Ross River Dam Bird List
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