Unbelievable, 2 days without rain so we traveled south 25kms for the morning. The Fairbairn Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Nogoa River, located southwest of Emerald in Central Queensland, Australia. Constructed in 1972 for the primary purpose of irrigation, the impoundment created by the dam serves as one of the major potable water supplies for the region and assists with some flood mitigation. The lake, despite heavy rain falling in it’s catchment, is now only at 21% capacity.