Ozbeach Andy's video: Fog Dam Conservation Reserve

Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 18 The scenery at Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is impressive year-round. As wetlands across the Top End recede, the dam becomes a birdwatchers delight. A dry season sunrise or sunset is spectacular here. This Reserve is a haven for wildlife amongst Darwin’s developing rural fringe. Part of the Adelaide River catchment, it is one of several connected catchments that make up the Top End wetlands. These wetlands have international significance because of their beauty, natural value and importance to Aboriginal people. The Limilngan-Wulna people speak for the land in Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve and play an important role in it’s management. The dam was built in the mid 1950s to provide irrigation for the Humpty Doo Rice Project. The RAAF Airfield Construction squadron built the dam and named it Fogg Dam after the Managing Director, Mr J D Fogg, of Utah Australia Ltd. When the agricultural scheme failed the dam had already become a dry season refuge for wildlife, especially waterbirds. Fogg Dam was declared a Bird Protection District in 1959 and later a Conservation Reserve in 1982.