Freshwater Point is a coastal

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in the

Mackay Region The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estimat ...

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, Australia. In the , Freshwater Point had a population of 174 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the

Goonyella railway line The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin, carrying coal to the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 20 km southeast of Mackay, as well as product ...

, to the north-west (loosely) by Plane Creek, to the north and north-east by the Sarina Inlet (into which Plane Creek flows), to the east by the

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, to the south-east by Deception Inlet and Llewellyn Bay, and to the south-west by Freshwater Point Road. The locality has the following coastal features (clockwise): * Pumpkin Point () * Sarina Inlet () * Freshwater Point () * Deception Inlet () * Llewellyn Bay () The land in the north of the locality adjoining Plane Creek and the Sarina is mostly low-lying marshland close to sea level and is undeveloped. The land use in the south-west of the locality is agriculture, mostly growing

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

with some

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation. The residential land is on the higher ground of the headland Freshwater Point which rises to above sea level; it is a mix of suburban-sized land parcels and larger rural residential land parcels. The residential area is accessed via

Armstrong Beach Armstrong Beach is a coastal town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Armstrong Beach had a population of 903 people. Geography The waters of the ''Coral Sea'' form the eastern boundary. Histo ...

, the locality to the south.

History

The locality takes its name from the headland Freshwater Point. Before 1908, an earlier settler had a hut at Pumpkin Point and grew the first pumpkins in the district, giving the point its name. The locality was officially named and bounded on 4 June 1999.

Demographics

In the , Freshwater Point had a population of 135 people. In the , Freshwater Point had a population of 174 people.

Education

There are no schools in Freshwater Point. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Sarina State School and

Sarina State High School Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2013 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University. Sarina State High previously boasted a marine aquarium ...

in neighbouring

Sarina Sarina is a rural town and coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people. Geography Sarina lies just inland of the east coa ...

to the west.

Amenities

Pumpkin Point has a sandy beach and is often used as a family picnic ground.

References

External links

* — includes Freshwater Point {{Mackay Region Mackay Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland