About
Groper
Creek is located 17km south of the sugar cane district
of Home Hill in North Queensland. Following Heath's
Creek being placed under council control in 1921 a petition
by local residents convinced council to secure eight
hectares beside Groper Creek from Samuel and Rose Seale
in exchange for a similar parcel of land of the Heath
Creek reserve adjoining the old wharf. Changing water
flows made the old site of little use. Groper Creek
was just a tidal inlet until the floods of 1918 made
it one of the mouths of the the Burdekin River, one
of the largest river systems in Queensland.
Groper
Creek became popular for fishing expeditions to Beachmount
and Cape Upstart. Today the small fishing community's
population is made up of around 50 permanent residents,
mostly being retirees. In holiday seasons the population
balloons to over 300 with visitors flocking to the caravan
park located on the bank of Groper Creek. Many of the
visitors come to take advantage of local fishing and
crabbing.
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