Anyway, enough for that rubbish! We left Kingaroy around 11.30 am on an over cast Saturday morning, with our destination being Boondooma Dam Camp ground. Actually as the crow flies, not very far at all. We stopped at Wondai only 30 minutes up the road…to get some groceries for the next week or so…..and then proceeded to our destination, via the thriving metropolis of Proston. To our surprise we discovered our camp ground was just magic. We had a choice of the “Terraces” or the “Lookout”. We chose the “Lookout” mainly because there was not a lot of other vans there…that meant we weren’t lined up like tin soldiers…a pet hate of mine. Our intentsions was not to do much, of which we didn’t. But just did what we wanted to do, that was to chill out.
Wondai
More Wondai
Still at Wondai
But Boondooma Dam is an interesting place, built in the late seventies / early eighties to supply water to Tarong Power Station, a pipeline of approx 95 klms. Why they built it (the dam) there who knows, must have had something to do with the definitely un-corrupt premier of the day Sir Jo, and his minister for everything Russ Hinze. God rest their soles.
Boondooma Dam
More Dam
More Dam
More Dam
A few stats about the dam
Pump house to pump water to Tarong Power Station
Tarong power station is closer Nanango and Kingaroy, which happened to be in Jo’s electorate anyway. However Kingaroy and the surrounding districts are serviced by Gordon brook and Jo Petersen dam as well. Maybe he didn’t want Boondoomba dam there too, who knows. Might have been politically incorrect to have three dams, in your electorate. Don’t know, don’t care really!!
Boonboomba Dam "The Lookout"Caravan Park
Views from our caravan park
Anyway we took a heap of pikkies, had a couple of walks, and the star gazing was just sensational. We departed there after two days of fine and warm weather, of course just our luck in the rain. Our next destination somewhere north.
A local having a feed
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