Blowering Dam & Cliffs - Tumut - NSW

Famous as the site of the world water-speed record in 1978.
Blowering Dam is one of the biggest dams in NSW, at a massive 165 km², equalling 16,500 ha.
There are few things more dangerous, romantic, foolhardy, and adventurous than a speed record.

For this reason, Ken Warby's water speed record of 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978, still stands. Good luck to anyone wanting to better that record after 46 years!

Blowering Dam stores water released upstream for hydroelectric generation in the Snowy Mountains Scheme and for irrigation.Read more