The Waterpark Creek is a
creek located in
Central Queensland
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, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise below Samuel Hill in the
Great Dividing Range and flows in a south easterly direction. It continues through the
Byfield National Park and then travels almost parallel with the Yeppoon - Byfield Road before discharging into Corio Bay, approximately north of
Yeppoon
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, and then into the
Coral Sea. The creek descends over its
course.
[
The drainage basin of the creek occupies an area of of which an area of is made up of estuarine wetlands.]
In the section within the Byfield National Park, the creek contains a population of '' Rhadinocentrus ornatus'', a small freshwater fish species.
See also
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References
{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Queensland
Central Queensland
Bodies of water of the Coral Sea