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A fresh water river in the Australian Capital Territory is the Cotter River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River. On this river, three dams, named as the Corin Dam, Canberra, the Bendora Dam and the Cotter Dam are built, which provide water to Canberra. The majority of the Cotter catchment is situated in the Namadgi National Park. The most important catchment for water supply to Canberra, Corin Dam, Canberra is the highest dam on the Cotter River that was built in 1968 to regulate water supply to the smaller Bendora Dam downstream. Seventy-two metres high Corin Dam is an earth and rockfill embankment dam, which contains 75,400 million litres of water. The surrounding area of Corin Dam is extremely spectacular and is the home of wildlife like endangered fish, a lot of woodland birds and Canberra bluebells. Facilities such as toilets, picnic tables and gas barbecues are available in this area. The Location Details of the Corin Dam, Canberra is given below:
Corin Dam, Canberra
Constructed on the Cotter River
Corin Road (in Namadgi National Park)
Tidbinbilla
Canberra, ACT
Neighborhood: Outside the city
Nearest Station: Twenty-five minutes drive to the south of central Canberra.
Route: Two regular paths are there to get to Corin Dam - one is via Point Hut Crossing and another is via the Cotter Reserve. From both of these places back breaking climbing is must to get to the dam. One can organize a spherical expedition of this beautiful area by going one path and returning the other.
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