Toorale Fishway under construction
Toorale Fishway under construction
Toorale Fishway operating and looking upstream
Toorale Fishway operating and looking upstream
Toorale Fishway operating and looking downstream
Aerial view of access bridge and Toorale Fishway
The project consisted of 2 phases:
Phase 1 – Removal of Peebles Dam, which was the most southern dam on Toorale. This saw the removal of a section of the dam across the Warrego River to enable flows to pass unimpeded to the Darling River.
Phase 2 – Modifications to Boera and Homestead Dams. Boera Dam was upgraded with gated culverts to either pass flows downstream in the Warrego River or out to the western floodplain. This site includes the addition of a vertical slot fishway to provide fish passage for small and large bodied through the Warrego River. The Homestead Dam site included reinstating the weir height at a lower level to allow more efficient flow delivery through the Warrego River. It included a full width precast rock ramp fishway to have a minimum flow capacity of 900 ML/d and provide fish passage of small and large native fish species through the Warrego River.
The project infrastructure will support environmental flows and fish migration for all fish species. The region is home to a diverse range of native fish species such as threatened Silver Perch, Murray Cod, Olive Perchlet and Purple Spotted Gudgeon. Other species include Golden Perch, Spangled Perch, Australian Rainbowfish, and Bony Herring.
More information on this project can be found on the DCCEEW and Public Works websites and on our media and publications page.