Water Park Creek
river in Australia
Water Park Creek is a creek in Central Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise below Samuel Hill in the Great Dividing Range and flow south-east. The creek continues through the Byfield National Park and then travels almost parallel with the Yeppoon - Byfield Road before discharging into Corio Bay, approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Yeppoon, and then into the Coral Sea. The creek descends 53 metres (174 ft) over its 35-kilometre (22 mi) course.
The drainage basin of the creek occupies an area of 1,836 square kilometres (709 sq mi) of which an area of 259 square kilometres (100 sq mi) 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.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24185388. Authority coordinates are -22.908, 150.725. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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