Cressbrook Creek

As of September 6, 2026, Cressbrook Creek is filled to 69.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 57 hm³ of water out of a maximum 82 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 79 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 17.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Cressbrook Creek — 798 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 69.1% (September 6, 2026) to a high of 99.2% (April 3, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.

The dam at Cressbrook Creek was completed in 1983. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Cressbrook Creek Basin basin at 27.261°S, 152.190°E.