Saturday, July 23, 2022

Ord River Diversion Dam

Leaving Kununurra, I stopped to look at the Diversion Dam. JL played a big part in this project as a young civil engineer, but he was a very modest man and didn’t speak of it very much. This info is from the Western Australian tourism site:

“Kununurra’s Diversion Dam is part of the Ord Irrigation Scheme and was designed to harness the massive volume of water that flows down the Ord River for use in farming. 

Located roughly 6 kilometres west of the town, the dam is used to regulate the water level of Lake Kununurra/Ord River.

On a visit to the Diversion Dam you can see 20 radial gates mounted within a concrete framework and spillway structure. The irrigation system relies on gravity to pull the water into channels which then flow to farms to the north and south of the town.”


From the viewpoint, looking back at the dam.









I continued my drive south, now heading back home. I made a brief stop at Kingston Rest where we had spent many happy hours at the camp:





Quite a nostalgic moment - remembering my first visit to the Kimberley!

1 comment:

  1. I can imagine JL's quiet pride, pointing out bits of the dam he was responsible for and worked on. It is a grand structure.

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