Blowering Dam

Blowering Dam is one of the biggest dams in NSW, storing water released upstream for electricity generation in the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme and releasing it for agriculture in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The dam also supplies water for stock and household needs for landholders and towns along the Tumut and Murrumbidgee rivers, as well as providing environmental flows, flood mitigation, and hydroelectricity. The large reservoir has become a popular water sport and recreation destination, with activities such as skiing, jet skis, sailing, canoeing, and swimming. The dam is stocked with Murray cod, golden perch, and silver perch, and other fish species are present. Visitors can walk across the dam wall for spectacular valley and forest views, and enjoy changing views of the dam as they climb the hillsides above the reservoir to reach Blowering Falls