Lake Hume

Lake Hume is a large artificial reservoir on the Murray River on the Victoria–New South Wales border near Tallangatta in the Towong Shire, Victoria. Formed by the Hume Dam, it is one of Australia's largest reservoirs and a major water storage for irrigation and town supply. Notable for its expansive water body, dam wall, foreshore reserves, and recreational opportunities including boating and fishing, it is a popular regional visitor destination.

Visitors can expect a vast inland lake surrounded by foreshore reserves, parks and bushland with views of the water and Hume Dam wall. The area offers open water for boating and sailing, designated swimming areas, fishing spots, walking and cycling tracks, picnic and barbecue areas, and lookouts over the dam. Facilities are spread around multiple recreation reserves including Ebden, Ludlows, Wymah and Bethanga, with boat ramps providing lake access.

Lake Hume was formed by the construction of Hume Dam (originally Hume Weir) between 1919 and 1936 under the River Murray Waters Agreement between the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Built to regulate Murray River flows for irrigation, water supply and flood mitigation, it was a major intergovernmental engineering project and has been enlarged and upgraded several times, including dam wall extensions in the 1950s and 1960s.

The reservoir is a significant water resource for communities along the Murray River and a long-established regional recreation area for residents of Albury-Wodonga, Tallangatta and surrounding districts. It supports community leisure, tourism and water-based recreation and is managed as a shared resource between Victoria and New South Wales.