Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Boondooma
88.6% full
Capacity
204.2 hm³
Volume stored
181 hm³
River
Boyne River
Year completed
1982
Coordinates
26.117°S, 151.452°E
Last updated
2026-10-07
Current fill
88.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
+1.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Boondooma
As of October 7, 2026, Lake Boondooma is filled to 88.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 181 hm³ of water out of a maximum 204 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 196 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pts), and it is 1.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Boondooma — 1095 data points between October 9, 2023 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 72.2% (November 27, 2023) to a high of 134.5% (March 10, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Lake Boondooma was completed in 1982. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Boyne River Basin basin at 26.117°S, 151.452°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.6%
- Water stored
- 181 hm³
- Total capacity
- 204 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 196 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.5 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Boyne River
- River basin
- Boyne River Basin
- Year completed
- 1982
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.117°S, 151.452°E
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | 88.6% | 181 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 88.6% | 181 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 181 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 181 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 88.9% | 181 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 182 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 182 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 89.2% | 182 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 89.3% | 182 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 89.3% | 182 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 89.4% | 183 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 89.5% | 183 |