Limestone Creek, Queensland

Limestone Creek is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Limestone Creek had a population of 179 people.

Geography

The Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road enters the locality from the south-east and exits to the north-east.
The creek Limestone Creek rises in the south-east of the locality and forms most of the south-east boundary of the locality before flowing west loosely parallel and north of the Yeppoon Road, exiting the locality to the west where it becomes a tributary of the Fitzroy River, which flows into the Coral Sea.
Limestone Creek has the following mountains along its southern boundary :

Mount Chapple
Mount Wiseman
Mount Ellida

Seeonee Park is a park in the west of the locality. Operated by Scouts Queensland, it provides camping and other recreational facilities for community groups.
In the south-east of the locality are two small sections of the protected areas:

Mount Archer National Park which extends into neighbouring Mount Archer to the south
Mount Archer State Forest which extends into neighbouring Ironpot to the east and neighbouring Mount Chalmers to the south-east

Apart from these protected areas and Seeonee Park, the remaining land use is a mixture of rural residential housing and undeveloped land.

Demographics

In the, Limestone Creek had a population of 186 people.
In the, Limestone Creek had a population of 179 people.

Education

There are no schools in Limestone Creek. The nearest government primary school is Parkhurst State School in neighbouring Parkhurst, Rockhampton, to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Glenmore State High School in Kawana, Rockhampton, to the south-east. There are also numerous non-government schools in Rockhampton and its suburbs.