Ewen Maddock Dam

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Located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, the Ewen Maddock Dam is built across Addlington Creek. The dam has a surface area of 370 hectares and holds 16 700 ML of water at an average depth of 4.5 meters. Until 1989, the dam supplied water to the City.

Ewen Maddock himself was an early pioneer of Mooloolah and the Maddock family. They built a cottage near where the base of the dam wall is located today.

Adjoining the picnic area, Turpentine, Brush Box and Pink Bloodwood provide the shaded environment required by Bracken Fern and numerous rainforest species, while on the eastern side of the dam, Scribbly Gums emerge above the low shrubby heath.

A bird watching hide and wetland viewing platform provide excellent opportunities for viewing species such as Magpie Goose, Royal Spoonbill, Sacred Kingfisher and Plumed Whistling Duck.

There is no public camping area at Ewen Maddock Dam.

Things to do

Fish! The dam is stocked with Australian Bass, Yellowbelly, Mary River Cod, Saratoga, Tandans, Spangled Perch & Eels There is a group camping site on the eastern side of the lake Boating Fishing is restricted to bank angling or paddle/wind powered canoes, kayaks or boats. There is a gravel launching area between the water intake tower and the spillway. Other access points are provided at the western end of the saddle dam and a couple of kilometers north west along Mooloola Connection Rd.