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[[File:StateLibQld 1 109100 Tallebudgera Creek Bridge, Burleigh Heads, 1926.jpg|thumb|The construction of the bridge in 1926.]] |
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The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926.<ref name="gghf">{{cite book |title=Gold Coast:Our heritage in focus |last=Longhurst |first=Robert |year=1995 |publisher=[[State Library of Queensland]] |location=South Brisbane, Queensland |isbn=0724265635 |page=29 }}</ref> The road was then known as Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the [[Pacific Highway]]. |
The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926.<ref name="gghf">{{cite book |title=Gold Coast:Our heritage in focus |last=Longhurst |first=Robert |year=1995 |publisher=[[State Library of Queensland]] |location=South Brisbane, Queensland |isbn=0724265635 |page=29 }}</ref> The road was then known as Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the [[Pacific Highway]]. |
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Revision as of 02:11, 15 May 2011
Tallebudgera Creek is a large creek on the Gold Coast which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads and the Pacific Ocean in the east. Its water catchment is narrow at about 30 km in length.
Tallebudgera Creek is known for good fishing, and its name even translates in indigenous language to "good fishing".[1] Bream, flathead, whiting and the bull shark are common species that are found in the creek.
As well as the main creek there is an extensive canal system, whose shores boast some of the Gold Coast's best housing.[citation needed] It is one of the Gold Coast's three main canal and creek systems, alongside the slightly larger Currumbin Creek to the south and the much larger Nerang River to the north.
History
The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926.[2] The road was then known as Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the Pacific Highway.
The Tallebudgera Creek Dam was constructed on the creek in the 1950s.
See also
References
- ^ "Tallebudgera Creek". Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ Longhurst, Robert (1995). Gold Coast:Our heritage in focus. South Brisbane, Queensland: State Library of Queensland. p. 29. ISBN 0724265635.
External links
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