Barkers Creek

As of September 6, 2026, Barkers Creek is filled to 100.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it is 62.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Barkers Creek — 1057 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.6% (May 26, 2025) to a high of 123.8% (October 5, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.

The dam at Barkers Creek was completed in 1869. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Barkers Creek Basin basin at 36.965°S, 144.278°E.