Lockyer Creek

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The Lockyer Creek is a river in the Lockyer Valley in South East Queensland. It flows a few kilometers north-northeast of Lowood, below the Wivenhoe Dam in the Brisbane River. The river is named after the British soldiers Edmund Lockyer.

Catchment area

The catchment area covers 3032 km ². The river drains part of the Western Scenic Rim. The headwaters of the river lies in the Main Range, a small area of the Great Dividing Range. Much of the floodplain has been converted into arable land, but parts of the upper reaches are still heavily overgrown with the original vegetation. Bush fires, the protection of soil, water quality and flood protection are the biggest problems in the running of the water.

There are nine major reservoirs in the catchment area, including the lakes at Atkinson Dam and the Bill Gunn Dam and Lake Clarendon. During the last periods of drought in Australia, the valley of the Lockyer Creek was one of the driest catchments in Queensland. From the end of 2010 fell in Queensland extended rainfall, and on 10-11. January 2011, there was a flash flood on the Lockyer Creek with several deaths.

Tributaries

Among the tributaries of Lockyer Creeks include Flagstone Creek, Sandy Creek, Alice Creek, Laidley Creek, Tenthill Creek, Murphys Creek and Ma Ma Creek.

Bridges

Designed by William Pagan Lockyer Creek Bridge in Guinn Park is one of the largest of its type in Queensland and one of the first railway arch bridges of reinforced concrete in Australia .. The 1911 built bridge is depicted on a postage stamp, which is part of the published 2004 stamp series Landmark Bridges was whose motives represent milestones in the Australian bridge. The bridge was taken Register because of its architectural significance in the Queensland Heritage. In another bridge of the same railway line crosses the Lockyer Creek closer to Gatton and was built in 1903.