The Baffle Creek is a
creek in
Central Queensland
Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland ( a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Capricorn Coas ...
,
Australia.
Course and features
The Baffle Creek rises near Arthurs Seat in the Eurimbula State Forest and just south of the
Eurimbula National Park
Eurimbula National Park is a protected area in the locality of Eurimbula, Queensland, Australia, in the Gladstone Region near Agnes Water, 411 km north of Brisbane.
Location and Features
The Park is located on the central Queensland coa ...
in the
Great Dividing Range. The creek flows initially southward, hemmed to the west by the Westwood Range and to the east by
Mount Dromedary. The creek continues south crossed by the
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Nat ...
just east of
Miriam Vale
Miriam Vale is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Miriam Vale had a population of 512 people.
Geography
The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, north of Brisbane, the state capital, and south ...
and then turns south east forming
braided channels near Sonoma and hemmed to the east by the Gwynne Range resulting in the formation of one named island, Grants Island. It then is crossed by the Bruce Highway again and turns east under Mount Maria then north and flows through the
Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park and finally discharges into the
Coral Sea south of Rules Beach and northeast of Winfield. At its mouth the creek again forms an anabranch around Long Island.
[
The catchment area of the creek occupies an of which an area of is composed of estuarine wetlands.]
Etymology
The creek was named in the 1850s by the pastoralist and politician, William Henry Walsh, during an expedition led by him to track an Aboriginal raiding party into the bush. The footprints of the raiders disappeared in the dense bush along the creek banks leading the party unable to follow them further and leading Walsh to name the creek as Baffle Creek.
See also
*List of rivers of Queensland
This is a list of rivers of Australia. Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Althoug ...
References
{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Queensland
Central Queensland