Lower Lockyer Creek, 2011 |Mouth||confluence with the Brisbane
River| |Basin area||3,032 km2 (1,171 sq mi)| |Left
tributaries||Buaraba Creek, Redbank Creek, Sheep Creek, Alice
Creek, Murphy's Creek| |Right tributaries||Plain Creek, Laidley
Creek, Sandy Creek, Tenthill Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone
Creek, Gatton Creek| Lockyer Creek is a major drainage system in
the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland that flows into the
Brisbane River a few kilometres north-north/east of Lowood, and
downstream from the Wivenhoe Dam. The creek is named after
Edmund Lockyer and is close to 100 kilometres (62 mi) in length.
Draining parts of the western Scenic Rim, the creek's headwaters
are in the Main Range, a small sub-section of the Great Dividing
Range. Its tributaries drain the slopes east of Toowoomba and
areas to the north of Gatton. The total stream length of the
Lockyer Creek network is 6,056 km (2,338 sq mi). The total
catchment area is 3,032 km2 (1,171 sq mi), and covers nearly one
quarter of the total catchment