Etna Creek
suburb of Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia
Etna Creek is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Etna Creek had a population of 1,029 people.
Geography
The Fitzroy River bounds the locality to the south-west, west, and north-west.
Etna Creek (the watercourse) rises in The Caves to the north and flows in a generally south-westly direction through the locality of Etna Creek, forming a short section of its southern boundary before flowing back into the locality and becoming the tributary of Fitzroy River in the south-west of the locality (23.24062°S 150.41084°E / -23.24062; 150.41084 (Etna Creek (mouth))). Immediately east of the creek mouth is Long Island Bend Conservation Park, which includes an unnamed island in the Fitzroy River and part of the mainland, a total of 25 hectares (62 acres).
Boomerang Lagoon is a large waterhole in the south-west of the locality (23.24298°S 150.37666°E / -23.24298; 150.37666 (Boomerang Lagoon)).
South Yaamba is a town (23.1988°S 150.4005°E / -23.1988; 150.4005 (South Yaamba (town))) in the north-east of locality. The town of South Yaamba is not to be confused with the locality of South Yaamba, which is adjacent and to the west of the locality of Etna Creek. The locality of South Yaamba is physically separated from the town of South Yaamba and the locality of Etna Creek by the Fitzroy River.
The Bruce Highway (known as Yaamba Road within the locality) enters the locality from the south-west (Glenlee / Rockyview) and exits to the north (The Caves).
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