Glenlyon Dam, also known as Pike Creek Reservoir, is in 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...

 near the border with New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, roughly between Stanthorpe

Stanthorpe, Queensland

Stanthorpe is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border 223 km from Brisbane via Warwick, 56 km north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt...

 and Texas

Texas, Queensland

Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales...

 to the west. In 1976, the dam wall was built on Pike Creek

Pike Creek (Queensland)

Pike Creek is a river in southern Queensland, Australia.Pike Creek is one of the Border Rivers. Pike Creek rises south-west of Warwick, Queensland, and flows south-west for about 60 kilometers. It joins the Dumaresq River , near Texas, Queensland.The Glenlyon Dam forms a water storage on Pike...

, a tributary of the Dumaresq River

Dumaresq River

The Dumaresq River forms part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales. The Severn River is its principal tributary and the Dumaresq in turn is a tributary of the Macintyre River...

, 5 km (3.1 mi) upstream from the confluence

Confluence (geography)

In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where two streams flow together, merging into a single stream...

 of the Mole River

Mole River (New South Wales)

The Mole River is a river in northern New South Wales, Australia.The source of the Mole River lies in the Great Dividing Range, between Glen Innes and Tenterfield in the northern part of the New England highlands. The Mole River flows generally to the west and flows into the Dumaresq River...

 and Severn River

Severn River (Queensland)

The Severn River, in Queensland, is a small river that rises in the Sundown National Park which joins the Dumaresq River near the Tenterfield Creek and Glenlyon Dam road. The Dumaresq flows into the Macintyre River...

 branching from the Dumaresq.

Glenlyon Dam provides water for irrigation

Irrigation

Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...

 of grain and fodder crops. It is managed by SunWater

SunWater

SunWater is a company located in Queensland, Australia. The company supplies bulk water to over 6000 customers and water consultancy to a range of clients....

. Swimming, fishing, boating and water skiing are all permitted, with no restrictions on boating except near the dam wall. Two boat ramps facilitate access for boating. In the upper reaches of feeder creeks there a large areas of standing timber

Timber

Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...

 and submerged logs.

In mid 1994, the dam was at a critically low level of 5% and the next year rose to just 12% of capacity during a series of droughts in Australia

Drought in Australia

Drought in Australia is defined as rainfall over a three month period being in the lowest decile of what has been recorded for that region in the past. This definition takes into account that drought is a relative term and rainfall deficiencies need to be compared to typical rainfall patterns...

.

Fishing

The dam is stocked

Fish stocking

Fish stocking is the practice of raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them into a river, lake, or the ocean to supplement existing populations, or to create a population where none exists...

 with golden perch

Golden perch

The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua, is an Australian native freshwater fish, primarily of the Murray-Darling river system. It is not a true perch of the genus Perca....

, murray cod

Murray Cod

The Murray cod is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the Maccullochella genus and the Percichthyidae family. Although the species is a called cod in the vernacular, it is not related to the northern hemisphere marine cod species...

 and silver perch

Silver Perch

Silver perch is a medium sized freshwater fish endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia. The scientific name comes from an aboriginal name for the species recorded by Major Mitchell on his 1832 expedition. It is not a perch, being a grunter in the family Terapontidae...

 while spangled perch, bony bream

Bony bream

Bony bream Nematalosa erebi are a widespread and common, small to medium sized Australian freshwater fish often found in large shoals throughout much of northern and central Australia, and the Murray-Darling basin.-Description:...

 and eel-tailed catfish

Eel-tailed Catfish

The eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus, is a species of catfish of the family Plotosidae. This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan.-Distribution:...

breed naturally. A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.