Sandy Creek, Queensland

Sandy Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people.[1]

Sandy Creek
Queensland
Paddocks along Sandy Creek Road, 2015
Sandy Creek
Coordinates26.8516°S 152.6427°E / -26.8516; 152.6427
Population567 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density5.309/km2 (13.750/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4515
Area106.8 km2 (41.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Sandy Creek:
Jimna Jimna Conondale
Mount Kilcoy Sandy Creek Bellthorpe
Stony Creek
Winya Glenfern
Villeneuve		 Royston

Geography

Sandy Creek is located northeast of Kilcoy in South East Queensland.

Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within Bellthorpe National Park including Mount Mary Smokes.

History

The locality had a population of 555 at the 2011 census.[3]

Features
Hubners bridge
26.8537°S 152.626642°E / -26.8537; 152.626642 (Hubners Bridge)

Hubners Bridge, also known as Hubner Bridge, was a road bridge on the Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek in the locality of Sandy Creek. The bridge was washed away on 9 January 2011 (2011-01-09) during the catastrophic 2010–2011 floods.[4] A flying-fox was built across Sandy Creek to provide supplies to residents stranded due to bridge damage.[5] It has been rebuilt since then and was re-opened on 6 April 2012 (2012-04-06).[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandy Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Sandy Creek - locality in Somerset Region (entry 44913)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Sandy Creek (State Suburb))". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. "Supplies "flown" into Mt Kilcoy". Glenn Roberts. northern-times. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. "Recovery picks up as water goes down". Peter Hall. Courier Mail. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  6. "Major general opens Hubner's Bridge". Queensland-government. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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