Border Rivers – Moonie region Overview The Border Rivers – Moonie region The nationally-significant Morella includes about 5% of the Murray– Watercourse, Boobera Lagoon and Darling Basin and contributes 6% Pungbougal Lagoon are located on the of its water. It includes a 450 km Macintyre River floodplain and are section of the border between considered among the most important Queensland and New South Wales First Nations sites in eastern Australia. made up of the Dumaresq, Macintyre and the Barwon rivers. The agriculture sector is a mix of grazing, dryland farming and The great egret, Australian painted irrigation. Cotton makes up the snipe and Murray cod are part of the largest irrigated crop (75%) and diverse range of flora and fauna that other irrigated crops include pasture, make their homes in the area. vegetables, fruit, nuts and cereals. The Morella Watercourse, Boobera A section of the Serpentine Creek Lagoon and Pungbougal Lagoon are has been converted to form the collectively one the few permanent Goondiwindi Natural Heritage and waterbodies in the northern Basin. Water Park, a focal point for tourism The Moonie catchment is ecologically and recreation. significant and has more than 100 floodplain wetlands. Image: MacIntyre River east of Goondiwindi, Queensland Carnarvon N.P. r e v i r e R iv e R v i o g N re r r e a v i W R o l g n Augathella a L r e v i R d r a W Chesterton Range N.P. 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Kaputar N.P. Towns & cities Irrigation area Narrabri Salt interception scheme Capital cities outside of MDB Gundabooka N.P. Louth Major water storages Pilliga West Byrock State Forest Split Rock Uralla Wetlands and natural lakes Pilliga Reservoir Paroo–Darling Nature Manilla National Park k National parks Macquarie Marshes AroundReserve the region e e r C s Keepit Reservoir White Cliffs r x Pindari Dam is on the Severn River Irrigation area ive The First Nations peopleo of the area R Coonamble C ing believe the Boobera Lagoon is the and has a capacity of 312,000 ML. arl 1 Gunnedah 2 D resting place of Garriya, the Rainbow It was enlarged in the 1990s to M a improve secure water supplies in the Paroo–Darling c Serpent. The lagoon is significant to Tamworth q u Border Rivers system. State Conservation Area a the Bigambul and Kamilaroi people r i Chaffey Reservoir e who held the third stage of their joint Coonabarabran R i v male initiation ceremonies there. Today e Warrambungle Water stored in Glenlyon Dam, on the r Gulargambone N.P. Boobera Lagoon is recognised as a 3 Werris CreekPike Creek in the upper Dumaresq culturally-significant site and motorised catchment, is shared between NSW (up water sport is prohibited on the lagoon. to 57%) and Queensland water users Wilcannia Cobar Nyngan (up to 43%). Water is managed by C a the Dumaresq–Barwon Border Rivers s t le Commission. Warren re ag h R iver Coolah Coolbaggie Goonoo er Broken Hill gar Riv Nature State Talbra Reserve Forest Dunedoo Menindee Main Weir B og Tottenham an Dubbo R iv Narromine er Menindee Lakes Burrendong Menindee NEW SOUTH WALES Reservoir Wellington Weir 32 Mudgee Kinchega N.P. Tullamore Windamere Goobang N.P. Yathong Reservoir Rylstone State Forest Round Hill h nc Ivanhoe Nature Reserve ra ab An g lin r ar ive D n R t Wi la Condobolin a llandra Creek ach re L Parkes G Lake Cargelligo Orange Danggali Portland Conservation Forbes SOUTH Park Lake Cargelligo Pooncarie Bathurst Hillston AUSTRALIA Lake Brewster r ive R ng Willandra Lakes region Carcoar Reservoir Burra rli Lake Cowal Da Oberon Mungo N.P. Grenfell Cowra Booligal Sydney Lock 6 Morgan Riverland Goolgowi B West Wyalong la Wyangala Reservoir Lake Victoria n d Wentworth C Lock 9 re Lock 2 Lock 5 Lock 11 Cocoparra N.P. e River Murray Lock 7 k Lock 3 Great Cumbung Renmark Lock Merbein Swamp Lock 8 10 Mallee Cliffs N.P. Banrock Station Berri Mildura Barmera Blanchetown Griffith Young Lock 4 Red Murrum Hanwood Lock 1 bidge Cliffs e River Murray River N.P. Hay Temora Boorowa Crookwell Loxton Fivebough– Robinvale Tuckerbil Swan Reach Leeton Cootamundra Lock Balranald Hattah– 15 Kulkyne Lakes Narrandera Murray Sunset N.P. Ri ver M Billiat Conservation Hattah urra Hattah Lakes y Park Oolambeyan N.P. Adelaide Mannum Yanga N.P. Yass Hattah-Kulkyne N.P. Moulamein k ree Tooleybuc o C Wagga Wagga Lake Ouyen N B nc iem illab Ya Murray Bridge ur ong Burrinjuck George Riv Cre Gundagai er Werai Forest ek Reservoir Lockhart Lake Brindabella N.P. Tailem Bend Pinnaroo Murrayville Alexandrina Tumut Canberra E Swan Hill dw Milang Lower Lakes ar and Coorong d R Jerilderie Blowering ive B T Wa l River r illa u Goolwa koo b m Reservoir Sea Lake ong Ginini Deniliquin Cr Henty u e t ACT Lake Albert e Flats Barrages k R i Murray Mouth v Tinderry Big Desert Finley e Wyperfeld N.P. Kerang Tu r Barham Koondrook– ppal C Nature Meningie Wilderness Wetlands reek Perricoota Namadgi N.P. Reserve Park Hopetoun Forest Millewa Forest The Coorong Kerang Talbingo Gunbower Torrumbarry Tumbarumba Lake Albacutya Forest Reservoir Weir Tocumwal R i ve Lake Mulwala urray Hume Reservoir r M River M Cabramurra u rr Barmah Forest Wycheproof ay Maragle State Forest Albury Adaminaby Lake Hindmarsh Kow Moama Yarrawonga Weir Corowa Swamp Broken Cre ek Wodonga Echuca Goul burn Lake Buloke Ri Khancoban Cooma Charlton L ver o Kosciuszko d d Nhill o Wangaratta N.P. Donald n Shepparton R M Ov it r iv e ta Blue Lake e n M ve A s i i vo r Bro Ri tta R c ke ve K R r n r i n a R i ve Little Desert N.P. o R e iv e r i v e w s St Arnaud ve i r Winton Wetlands d r R a r Av on R Dartmouth a Riv e Benalla h er p i c v i s Waranga Basin e Reservoir Horsham R a r Bendigo p m Mt. Buffalo N.P. Alpine N.P. W a C Bright im m e Cairn ra Lake Nillahcootie R i Curran ve r Reservoir Eppalock Maryborough Reservoir Seymour Castlemaine Mansfield Alpine N.P. Avoca Omeo Tullaroop Eildon Reservoir Halls Gap Reservoir Grampians N.P. Goulb urn R iver Kinglake N.P. Lake Eildon N.P. VICTORIA Melbourne Carnarvon N.P. r e v i r e R iv e R v i o g N re r r e a v i W R o l g n Augathella a L r e v i R d r a W Chesterton Range N.P. Charleville Mitchell Morven Roma Cheepie Miles River Chinchilla amine Cond Condamine k e e r r ve C i R l M e a nn a h lo Dalby c r a Surat a B e n e o B a Wyandra R Tara i v e r QUEENSLAND Brisbane Toowoomba Moonie Thrushton Border Rivers – Moonie region er National e Riv ooni Park M k Beardmore Reservoir Millmerran e r e ve r i R C ir e e St George W n i Allora b Cunnamulla e Bollon Key information N r e Jack Taylor Weir iv R e n The population of the Border rivers n N lo k a region is about 2.5% of the population e B Warwick e r of the Murray–Darling Basin. Inverell, C Inglewood a l in the northern NSW tablelands, is the a l l a largest centre in the catchment with a g n population of around 11,000. u Coolmunda Reservoir M N acintyre River Goondiwindi 25 Dirranbandi M Stanthorpe 0 50 Currawinya N.P.