Damper Creek, Queensland

Damper Creek
Queensland
Damper Creek
Coordinates 18°22′11″S 146°06′01″E / 18.36972°S 146.10028°E / -18.36972; 146.10028Coordinates: 18°22′11″S 146°06′01″E / 18.36972°S 146.10028°E / -18.36972; 146.10028
Postcode(s) 4849
Location
LGA(s) Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s) Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Damper Creek:
Lumholtz Cardwell Hinchinbrook
Abergowrie Damper Creek Hinchinbrook
Dalrymple Creek Rungoo Hinchinbrook

Damper Creek is a coastal locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

Damper Creek is bounded to the east by the Hinchinbrook Channel which the mainland from the Hinchinbrook Island. The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. The North Coast railway line also passes from south to north through the locality, roughly parallel and to the east of the highway.[2]

Most of the locality is low-lying coastal land which is relatively undeveloped apart from areas used for aquaculture. In the north-west and south-west corners of the locality, the land rises sharply into the Cardwell Range.[2]

Heritage listings

Stone Bridge, Dalrymple Gap Track, 1993

Damper Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

  1. "Damper Creek (entry 45663)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. "Stone Bridge, Dalrymple Gap Track (entry 600393)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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