Koombooloomba was a small town in North during the construction of the Kareeya Hydro Power Station Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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There is a hydro-electric Koombooloomba Dam

Koombooloomba Dam

Koombooloomba Dam is located 39 km south west of Ravenshoe. The dam was constructed in 1960 on the Tully River system for hydroelectric power generation. It has a surface area of 1550 hectares, has an average depth of 12.9 meters and holds some 200 700 mega-litres.Koombooloomba Hydro Power...

 nearby. The Koombooloomba dam acts as a water reservoir which supplies water to the Tully River

Tully River

The Tully River is a river situated within the Cassowary Coast Region of North Queensland, named after William Alcock Tully, Queensland Surveyor-General from 1875-89.The Bruce Highway crosses the river south of Tully...

 downstream and the Kareeya Hydro Power Station. The Tully River flows from nearby Tully

Tully, Queensland

Tully is a small town in Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the 2006 census, Tully had a population of 2,457....

into the ocean.