Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Boondooma
89.2% full
Capacity
204.2 hm³
Volume stored
182 hm³
River
Boyne River
Year completed
1982
Coordinates
26.117°S, 151.452°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
89.2%vs 7 days ago
+1.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+3.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
89.2% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 86.4% for October across 4 years of readings (+2.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Boondooma had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.56). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.117°S, 151.452°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Boondooma
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Boondooma is filled to 89.2% of its total capacity, holding 182.05 hm³ of water out of a maximum 204.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 195.8 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.5 percentage points, and it is 3.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Boondooma — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 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
- 89.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 182.05 hm³
- Total capacity
- 204.2 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 195.8 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 3.6 pp
- 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 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 182.05 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 88.9% | 181.52 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 180.66 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 87.9% | 179.47 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 178.93 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 178.92 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 179.04 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 179.17 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 87.8% | 179.29 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 87.9% | 179.46 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 179.66 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 88.1% | 179.8 |