TWO children were spending their school holidays at the Cloncurry weir when Mayor Andrew Daniels arrived with state Fisheries Minister John McVeigh.
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The minister was being shown the recently built weir as part of a tour of Cloncurry and - as typical for a small community - Cr Daniels recognised the children and greeted them by name.
The minister was told the stocked-up weir had 5.5 megalitres - enough water to ride Cloncurry through the drought until at least the end of the year.
Although the weir was paid for by the Cloncurry Council and through local industries, the state government supported the building of the dam by quickly approving the process, Cr Daniels said.
Dr McVeigh said the weir was an exciting development.
``It's great to see the mayor is so proud of it. The weir was a good example of what Queensland local governments could achieve for their community,'' Dr McVeigh said.
The minister said there was discussion to create a fish passageway in the weir so that native fish could travel past.
Fish were manually being transported across both sides of the weir, Dr McVeigh said.
Dr McVeigh and Cr Daniels poured native fish upstream of the weir.