Lockyer Creek

Information from  City of Ipswich Waterway Health Strategy, 2020

The Lockyer Creek catchment is largely outside of the Ipswich LGA. Only the upper reaches of Woolshed and Plain Creeks have a partial area within the Ipswich LGA. Woolshed and Plain Creeks headwaters rise in the Little Liverpool Range and cover 38km2 within the Ipswich LGA before they continue to flow north into the Lockyer Valley Regional Council area.

The Woolshed Creek sub-catchment is predominantly bushland on the hill slopes and agricultural on the floodplain, while the Plain Creek sub-catchment is predominantly agricultural. Woolshed Creek is characterised by a continuous channel with minor instabilities, while Plain Creek is characterised as a continuous, sinuous channel. Woolshed and Plain Creek sub-catchments have been identified as being under significant salinity stress.