The grisly discovery was made by a kayaker paddling in the local waters at Gordonbrook Dam, 21km north of Kingaroy in regional Queensland , on Saturday afternoon.
Despite recent rainfall Wide Bay Burnett is still currently drought-declared and without any major inflows soon, one regional dam is looking dire. As the storage level of Boondooma Dam is below 268.7m (approximately 70,000 megalitres or 34 per cent capacity), a Sunwater spokesperson said Stage 1 Critical Supply Arrangements are in place and releases for medium priority allocations have ceased. The current water level for Boondooma is 29.27 per cent. If conditions allow, some medium priority customers can continue to access water from water holes, the spokesperson said. Water can also be accessed from sand beds, providing the appropriate permits are in place from the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water.