Sideling Creek Dam

The Sideling Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Sideling Creek in Kurwongbah, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the City of Moreton Bay and for recreation.[3][1] The impounded reservoir is called Lake Kurwongbah.

Sideling Creek Dam
Sideling Creek Dam is located in Queensland
Sideling Creek Dam
Location of the Sideling Creek Dam
in Queensland
CountryAustralia
LocationSouth East Queensland
Coordinates27°15′28″S 152°57′7″E
Purpose
StatusOperational
Opening date
  • 1958 (1958)
Operator(s)SEQ Water
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsSideling Creek
Height23 m (75 ft)[1]
Length500 m (1,600 ft)[1][2]
Dam volume280×10^3 m3 (9.9×10^6 cu ft)[1]
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity710 m3/s (25,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Reservoir
CreatesLake Kurwongbah
Total capacity14,500 ML (3.2×109 imp gal; 3.8×109 US gal)[2][3]
Catchment area53 km2 (20 sq mi)[1][2]
Surface area320 ha (790 acres)[2][3]
Website
www.seqwater.com.au

Location and features

The dam is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of North Pine Dam and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of Petrie. The primary inflow is Sideling Creek, a tributary of the North Pine River.[3] To the east of the dam is the Lakeside Park motor racing circuit.

Completed in 1958,1[1][4] the earthfill dam structure is 23 metres (75 ft) high and 500 metres (1,600 ft) long. The 280-thousand-cubic-metre (9.9×10^6 cu ft) dam wall holds back the 14,500-megalitre (3.2×109 imp gal; 3.8×109 US gal) reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of 53 square kilometres (20 sq mi) that includes the localities of Petrie, Kallangur and Dakabin, the dam creates Lake Kurwongbah, with a surface area of 320 hectares (790 acres). The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of 710 cubic metres per second (25,000 cu ft/s).[1] The dam is now managed by Seqwater.

From April 2018 to May 2020, Seqwater carried out an upgrade of Sideling Creek Dam as part of its Dam Improvement Program.[5][6]

Recreational activities

Access to Lake Kurwongbah is via Dayboro Road, with picnic facilities located at Mick Hanfling Park on the lake's eastern shores. Water skiing is allowed and rowing is another popular recreational activity provided by the dam. The lake has been used for professional level radio controlled model yacht competitions, although has moved more recently to a pond adjacent to the motor racing circuit at Lakeside Park. It was the proposed venue for rowing in Brisbane's failed bid for the 1992 Olympic Games.[7]

Motor racing has been held Lakeside International Raceway, as it was originally known since 1961 and has hosted the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Touring Car Championship, amongst other events.

Fishing

The reservoir is stocked with silver perch, golden perch and bass.[3] Spangled perch and forktail catfish are present in the dam naturally. Only bank angling is permitted on Lake Kurwongbah.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. "Sideling Creek Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. Harrison, Rod; James, Ernie; Sully, Chris; Classon, Bill; Eckermann, Joy (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. pp. 114–5. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4.
  4. "Lake Kurwongbah: General information". Pine Rivers Fish Management Association. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. "Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah) upgrade". Seqwater. 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Sideling Creek Dam upgrade". Seqwater. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. Bromiley, Cliff (9 September 2008). "Sunshine Coast sailor wins Radio Controlled title". Sail World. TetraMedia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

Notes

:^1. SEQ Water claims that the dam was completed in 1969, not 1958.

2 Pine Rivers Rowing Club has been Active since 1958 at this dam. The Dam level was raised in 1969, enabling the Australian Rowing Championships to be held here in 1972.

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