Hinze Dam

The Hinze Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Nerang River, in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East, Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Gold Coast region. The impounded reservoir is called Advancetown Lake. Initially called the Advancetown Dam, in c. 1979 the dam was renamed in honour of local pioneers Carl and Johanna Hinze – grandparents of Queensland politician Russ Hinze. Carl and Johanna Hinze lived in the valley that was flooded by the dam. The dam is almost always full, and has reached 96% of capacity even during dry spells.

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