Limestone Creek, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 23°17′18″S 150°33′55″E / 23.2883°S 150.5652°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 179 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 7.85/km2 (20.33/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4701 | ||||||||||||
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Limestone Creek is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Limestone Creek had a population of 179 people.[1]
The Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road (as Yeppoon Road) enters the locality from the south-east (Parkhurst / Norman Gardens) and exits to the north-east (Ironpot).[3]
The creek Limestone Creek rises in the south-east of the locality and forms most of the south-east boundary of the locality before flowing west loosely parallel and north of the Yeppoon Road, exiting the locality to the west (Parkhurst) where it becomes a tributary of the Fitzroy River, which flows into the Coral Sea.[4]
Limestone Creek has the following mountains along its southern boundary (from west to east):
- Mount Chapple (23°18′33″S 150°33′18″E / 23.3091°S 150.5551°E) 435 metres (1,427 ft)[5][6]
- Mount Wiseman (23°18′10″S 150°33′51″E / 23.3027°S 150.5642°E) 306 metres (1,004 ft)[5][7]
- Mount Ellida (23°18′17″S 150°35′07″E / 23.3046°S 150.5852°E) 432 metres (1,417 ft)[5][8]
Seeonee Park is a 600-acre (240 ha) park in the west of the locality. Operated by Scouts Queensland, it provides camping and other recreational facilities for community groups.
In the south-east of the locality are two small sections of the protected areas:[9]
- Mount Archer National Park which extends into neighbouring Mount Archer to the south
- Mount Archer State Forest which extends into neighbouring Ironpot to the east and neighbouring Mount Chalmers to the south-east
Apart from these protected areas and Seeonee Park, the remaining land use is a mixture of rural residential housing and undeveloped land.[9]
