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Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional PlanAccess wetland mapping in PDF and KML format by selecting the desired 100K map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. For more detailed mapping, please download the boundary KML. Drag this bar to relocate the map on your screen Open WetlandMaps interactive map server
Catchment stories
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| System | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 345,223 | 100.0% | 3.8% |
| Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine | 174,565 | 50.6% | 1.9% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 42,767 | 12.4% | 0.5% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,715 | 23.4% | 0.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 2,831 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 567 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 4,605 | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,290 | 8.2% | 0.3% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 14,903 | 4.3% | 0.2% |
| Riverine | 170,536 | 49.4% | 1.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,715 | 23.4% | 0.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 2,831 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 19,510 | 5.7% | 0.2% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 22,812 | 6.6% | 0.3% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 567 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 4,605 | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 252 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 72 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,290 | 8.2% | 0.3% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 14,903 | 4.3% | 0.2% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 117 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 170,390 | 49.4% | 1.9% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 146 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
For definitions of artificial, highly modified, modified, slightly modified and natural wetlands, see the Queensland Wetland Mapping Method - A Method to Provide Baseline Mapping of Wetland Extent and Changes in Wetland Extent in Queensland.
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 110,051 | 100.0% | 1.2% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other | 42,433 | 38.6% | 0.5% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 24,085 | 21.9% | 0.3% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 524 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp | 3,797 | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 47 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp | 1,325 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 1,687 | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp | 203 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp | 37 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 9,641 | 8.8% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 5,559 | 5.1% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 2,147 | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 4,608 | 4.2% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 13,958 | 12.7% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 42,378 | 38.5% | 0.5% |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 55 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 22,576 | 20.5% | 0.3% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 1,508 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 488 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 35 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 3,145 | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 652 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 23 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 24 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 1,307 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 18 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 1,653 | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 33 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 181 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 30 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 9,515 | 8.6% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 126 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 2,809 | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 2,751 | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 1,981 | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 166 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 3,456 | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 1,152 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 4,111 | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 9,847 | 8.9% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Wetland extent changes
| System | 2021 area (ha) |
2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
pre-clear area (ha) |
2021/pre-clear percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 345,223 | 344,951 | 345,099 | 344,072 | 342,460 | 340,843 | 339,262 | 361,598 | * 83.6% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 42,767 | 42,264 | 42,137 | 40,353 | 38,427 | 36,417 | 33,946 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,715 | 80,835 | 80,841 | 80,953 | 80,843 | 80,909 | 80,952 | 95,075 | 84.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 2,831 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,741 | 2,731 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 4,605 | 4,572 | 4,560 | 4,550 | 4,529 | 4,397 | 4,394 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,290 | 28,359 | 28,422 | 28,450 | 28,646 | 28,683 | 28,936 | 68,650 | 41.2% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 14,903 | 14,831 | 14,848 | 14,733 | 14,681 | 14,784 | 14,768 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 170,536 | 170,755 | 170,955 | 171,698 | 171,999 | 172,337 | 172,961 | 197,307 | 86.4% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,715 | 80,835 | 80,841 | 80,953 | 80,843 | 80,909 | 80,952 | 95,075 | 84.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 2,831 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,761 | 2,741 | 2,731 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 19,510 | 19,031 | 18,948 | 17,574 | 15,799 | 14,017 | 12,131 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 22,812 | 22,760 | 22,718 | 22,327 | 22,178 | 22,017 | 21,470 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 4,605 | 4,572 | 4,560 | 4,550 | 4,529 | 4,397 | 4,394 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 252 | 252 | 250 | 235 | 234 | 217 | 203 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 72 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,290 | 28,359 | 28,422 | 28,450 | 28,646 | 28,683 | 28,936 | 68,650 | 41.2% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 14,903 | 14,831 | 14,848 | 14,733 | 14,681 | 14,784 | 14,768 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 117 | 114 | 114 | 109 | 109 | 58 | 38 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | < 1 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 170,390 | 170,611 | 170,836 | 171,578 | 171,879 | 172,230 | 172,854 | 197,307 | 86.4% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 146 | 144 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 107 | 107 | 0 | n/a |
* Total 2021/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
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| Habitat | 2021 area (ha) |
2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 110,051 | 110,073 | 110,138 | 110,065 | 110,197 | 110,388 | 110,663 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - other | 42,433 | 42,433 | 42,434 | 42,429 | 42,411 | 42,409 | 42,426 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 24,085 | 24,075 | 24,079 | 24,098 | 24,106 | 24,157 | 24,178 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp | 3,797 | 3,797 | 3,798 | 3,798 | 3,798 | 3,935 | 3,935 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp | 1,325 | 1,335 | 1,335 | 1,335 | 1,345 | 1,346 | 1,346 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 1,687 | 1,687 | 1,687 | 1,687 | 1,690 | 1,691 | 1,691 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp | 203 | 203 | 203 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 205 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 9,641 | 9,670 | 9,703 | 9,722 | 9,788 | 9,789 | 9,999 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 5,559 | 5,561 | 5,545 | 5,545 | 5,484 | 5,486 | 5,505 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 2,147 | 2,146 | 2,161 | 2,161 | 2,167 | 2,169 | 2,168 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 4,608 | 4,608 | 4,637 | 4,643 | 4,668 | 4,684 | 4,690 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 13,958 | 13,951 | 13,948 | 13,835 | 13,929 | 13,910 | 13,912 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 42,378 | 42,378 | 42,380 | 42,374 | 42,356 | 42,355 | 42,371 |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 22,576 | 22,637 | 22,642 | 22,661 | 22,668 | 22,721 | 22,743 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 1,508 | 1,437 | 1,437 | 1,437 | 1,437 | 1,436 | 1,435 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 488 | 488 | 488 | 488 | 488 | 488 | 488 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 3,145 | 3,145 | 3,146 | 3,146 | 3,146 | 3,146 | 3,155 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 652 | 652 | 652 | 652 | 652 | 789 | 779 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 1,307 | 1,317 | 1,317 | 1,317 | 1,337 | 1,339 | 1,339 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 1,653 | 1,653 | 1,653 | 1,653 | 1,656 | 1,657 | 1,657 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 181 | 181 | 181 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 9,515 | 9,574 | 9,607 | 9,626 | 9,692 | 9,695 | 9,906 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 126 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 94 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 2,809 | 2,810 | 2,794 | 2,794 | 2,841 | 2,854 | 2,874 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 2,751 | 2,751 | 2,751 | 2,751 | 2,643 | 2,632 | 2,631 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 1,981 | 1,980 | 1,995 | 1,995 | 2,000 | 2,001 | 2,001 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 166 | 166 | 166 | 166 | 167 | 167 | 167 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 3,456 | 3,456 | 3,485 | 3,490 | 3,546 | 3,564 | 3,576 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,122 | 1,121 | 1,115 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 4,111 | 4,111 | 4,111 | 4,113 | 4,111 | 4,111 | 4,114 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 9,847 | 9,840 | 9,837 | 9,721 | 9,817 | 9,799 | 9,799 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
| ALUMC code and description | Area (ha) | % total area |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,005,106 | 99.9% |
| 2.1 Grazing native vegetation | 7,217,046 | 80.1% |
| 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation | 7,217,046 | 80.1% |
| 1.3 Other minimal use | 400,810 | 4.4% |
| 1.3.0 Other minimal use | 101,659 | 1.1% |
| 1.3.3 Residual native cover | 297,688 | 3.3% |
| 1.3.4 Rehabilitation | 1,463 | 0.0% |
| 1.1 Nature conservation | 255,399 | 2.8% |
| 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves | 13,899 | 0.2% |
| 1.1.3 National park | 229,193 | 2.5% |
| 1.1.4 Natural feature protection | 9,856 | 0.1% |
| 1.1.7 Other conserved area | 2,450 | 0.0% |
| 2.2 Production native forests | 244,022 | 2.7% |
| 2.2.0 Production native forests | 244,022 | 2.7% |
| 3.3 Cropping | 196,155 | 2.2% |
| 3.3.0 Cropping | 93,879 | 1.0% |
| 3.3.1 Cereals | 98,653 | 1.1% |
| 3.3.3 Hay and silage | 1,988 | 0.0% |
| 3.3.6 Cotton | 1,634 | 0.0% |
| 6.5 Marsh/wetland | 191,237 | 2.1% |
| 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland | 16,074 | 0.2% |
| 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation | 208 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production | 112,143 | 1.2% |
| 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline | 62,813 | 0.7% |
| 4.3 Irrigated cropping | 164,195 | 1.8% |
| 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping | 5,907 | 0.1% |
| 4.3.2 Irrigated beverage and spice crops | 18 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage | 854 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.5 Irrigated sugar | 154,765 | 1.7% |
| 4.3.6 Irrigated cotton | 2,650 | 0.0% |
| 1.2 Managed resource protection | 78,704 | 0.9% |
| 1.2.0 Managed resource protection | 57,499 | 0.6% |
| 1.2.2 Surface water supply | 21,205 | 0.2% |
| 5.8 Mining | 76,532 | 0.8% |
| 5.8.0 Mining | 12,499 | 0.1% |
| 5.8.1 Mines | 48,069 | 0.5% |
| 5.8.2 Quarries | 2,817 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.3 Tailings | 2,254 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use | 10,893 | 0.1% |
| 6.2 Reservoir/dam | 44,182 | 0.5% |
| 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam | 8,677 | 0.1% |
| 6.2.1 Reservoir | 18,076 | 0.2% |
| 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams | 17,121 | 0.2% |
| 6.2.3 Evaporation basin | 308 | 0.0% |
| 5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure | 40,649 | 0.5% |
| 5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure | 6 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.1 Urban residential | 8,003 | 0.1% |
| 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture | 8,556 | 0.1% |
| 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture | 16,723 | 0.2% |
| 5.4.4 Remote communities | 419 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure | 6,942 | 0.1% |
| 6.3 River | 26,508 | 0.3% |
| 6.3.0 River | 25,942 | 0.3% |
| 6.3.1 River - conservation | 566 | 0.0% |
| 3.2 Grazing modified pastures | 22,285 | 0.2% |
| 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures | 1,579 | 0.0% |
| 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants | 20,583 | 0.2% |
| 3.2.3 Pasture legumes | 123 | 0.0% |
| 5.7 Transport and communication | 16,161 | 0.2% |
| 5.7.0 Transport and communication | 4,322 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes | 1,677 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.2 Roads | 7,644 | 0.1% |
| 5.7.3 Railways | 2,346 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.4 Ports and water transport | 45 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.5 Navigation and communication | 127 | 0.0% |
| 4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 11,105 | 0.1% |
| 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 6,202 | 0.1% |
| 4.5.1 Irrigated seasonal fruits | 252 | 0.0% |
| 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs | 4,552 | 0.1% |
| 4.5.4 Irrigated turf farming | 99 | 0.0% |
| 5.5 Services | 7,442 | 0.1% |
| 5.5.1 Commercial services | 992 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.2 Public services | 833 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.3 Recreation and culture | 5,609 | 0.1% |
| 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban | 3 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.5 Research facilities | 5 | 0.0% |
| 6.1 Lake | 3,960 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.0 Lake | 1,884 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.1 Lake - conservation | 18 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.2 Lake - production | 1,837 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.3 Lake - intensive use | 13 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.4 Lake - saline | 207 | 0.0% |
| 5.3 Manufacturing and industrial | 2,492 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial | 1,666 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.1 General purpose factory | 63 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.2 Food processing factory | 225 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.3 Major industrial complex | 406 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.4 Bulk grain storage | 81 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.5 Abattoirs | 23 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.6 Oil refinery | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.7 Sawmill | 14 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.8 Abandoned manufacturing and industrial | 10 | 0.0% |
| 4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture | 1,624 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture | 114 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits | 1,358 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts | 145 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits | 8 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.8 Irrigated citrus | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.2 Intensive animal production | 1,113 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.2 Feedlots | 249 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.3 Poultry farms | 15 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.5 Aquaculture | 658 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.6 Horse studs | 116 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards | 39 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal husbandry | 35 | 0.0% |
| 4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures | 654 | 0.0% |
| 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures | 635 | 0.0% |
| 4.2.1 Irrigated woody fodder plants | 20 | 0.0% |
| 3.1 Plantation forests | 645 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.0 Plantation forests | 310 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry | 57 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry | 238 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.3 Other forest plantation | 11 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation | 29 | 0.0% |
| 3.6 Land in transition | 567 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.0 Land in transition | 545 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation | 6 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture | 17 | 0.0% |
| 4.6 Irrigated land in transition | 471 | 0.0% |
| 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition | 207 | 0.0% |
| 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land | 232 | 0.0% |
| 4.6.3 Irrigated land under rehabilitation | 4 | 0.0% |
| 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture | 27 | 0.0% |
| 5.9 Waste treatment and disposal | 446 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal | 178 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.1 Effluent pond | 19 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.2 Landfill | 162 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.3 Solid garbage | 17 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.5 Sewage | 70 | 0.0% |
| 5.6 Utilities | 302 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation | 21 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission | 160 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission | 122 | 0.0% |
| 6.6 Estuary/coastal waters | 177 | 0.0% |
| 6.6.3 Estuary/coastal waters - intensive use | 177 | 0.0% |
| 3.4 Perennial horticulture | 109 | 0.0% |
| 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture | 109 | 0.0% |
| 5.1 Intensive horticulture | 91 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.0 Intensive horticulture | 15 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.1 Production nurseries | 42 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.2 Shadehouses | 17 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.4 Glasshouses (hydroponic) | 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.5 Abandoned intensive horticulture | 15 | 0.0% |
| 6.4 Channel/aqueduct | 22 | 0.0% |
| 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct | 11 | 0.0% |
| 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct | 2 | 0.0% |
| 6.4.3 Stormwater | 8 | 0.0% |
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
- Abbot Point - 8558
- Albro - 8252
- Ayr - 8358
- Bogie - 8457
- Bombandy - 8653
- Bowen - 8557
- Bulliwallah - 8254
- Byerwen - 8455
- Calen - 8656
- Cape Upstart - 8458
- Carmila - 8754
- Clermont - 8452
- Collinsville - 8456
- Comet - 8650
- Connors Range - 8753
- Cooroorah - 8651
- Cotherstone - 8552
- Cumberland Islands - 8756
- Curlew Island - 8854
- Dunrobin - 8152
- Epping Forest - 8253
- Frankfield - 8353
- Glendon - 8356
- Grosvenor Downs - 8553
- Gunjulla - 8354
- Harrybrandt - 8554
- Harvest Home - 8256
- Hillalong - 8555
- Hotspur Island - 8955
- Kilcummin - 8453
- Lindeman Island - 8757
- Lou Lou Park - 8153
- Mackay - 8755
- Marlborough - 8852
- Mirani - 8655
- Monteagle - 8352
- Mount Bluffkin - 8752
- Mount Coolon - 8355
- Mount Tutah - 8154
- Nebo - 8654
- Percy Isles - 8954
- Proserpine - 8657
- Prudhoe Island - 8855
- Rattray Island - 8658
- Rubyvale - 8451
- Saint Lawrence - 8853
- Scartwater - 8255
- Scawfell - 8856
- Strathalbyn - 8357
- Strathconan - 8751
- Surbiton - 8251
- Urannah - 8556
- Windeyers Hill - 8652
- Wyena - 8454
- Zig Zag - 8351
Climate zones
Grassland- Subtropical
- Tropical
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
- Alice Tableland
- Anakie Inlier
- Basalt Downs
- Belyando Downs
- Beucazon Hills
- Bogie River Hills
- Broken River
- Byfield
- Cape River Hills
- Clarke - Connors Ranges
- Debella
- Isaac - Comet Downs
- Jericho
- Marlborough Plains
- Nebo - Connors Ranges
- Northern Bowen Basin
- Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands
- South Drummond Basin
- Townsville Plains
- Upper Belyando Floodout
- Whitsunday
- Wyarra Hills
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
- Alice Tableland
- Anakie Inlier
- Basalt Downs
- Belyando Downs
- Beucazon Hills
- Bogie River Hills
- Broken River
- Byfield
- Cape River Hills
- Clarke-Connors Ranges
- Debella
- Isaac-Comet Downs
- Jericho
- Marlborough Plains
- Nebo-Connors Ranges
- Northern Bowen Basin
- Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
- South Drummond Basin
- Townsville Plains
- Upper Belyando Floodout
- Whitsunday
- Wyarra Hills
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
- Lucinda-Mackay Coast (LMC)
- Mackay-Capricorn (MC)
- Shoalwater Coast (SC)
Marine provincial bioregions
- Northeast Shelf Province
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
none
DIWA nationally important wetlands
- Abbot Point - Caley Valley
- Bingeringo Aggregation
- Bowen River: Birralee - Pelican Creek
- Broad Sound
- Broken River, Urannah Creek and Massey Creek Aggregation
- Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation
- Burdekin Delta
- Doongmabulla Springs
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Eungella Dam
- Four Mile Beach
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation
- Lake Dalrymple
- Lake Elphinstone
- Proserpine - Goorganga Plain
- Sand Bay
- Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation
- Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation
- Scartwater Aggregation
- Southern Upstart Bay
- St Helens Bay Area
- Why Not Aggregation
National parks
- Bluff Hill National Park
- Brampton Islands National Park
- Broad Sound Islands National Park
- Cape Hillsborough National Park
- Cape Palmerston National Park
- Cape Upstart National Park
- Conway National Park
- Dipperu National Park (scientific)
- Dryander National Park
- Epping Forest National Park (scientific)
- Eungella National Park
- Gloucester Island National Park
- Holbourne Island National Park
- Homevale National Park
- Junee National Park
- Kelvin National Park
- Lindeman Islands National Park
- Mazeppa National Park
- Molle Islands National Park
- Mount Abbot National Park (scientific)
- Mount Aberdeen National Park
- Mount Martin National Park
- Mount Ossa National Park
- Nairana National Park
- Narrien Range National Park
- Newry Islands National Park
- Northumberland Islands National Park
- Peak Range National Park
- Percy Isles National Park
- Pioneer Peaks National Park
- Redcliffe Tableland National Park
- Reliance Creek National Park
- Repulse Islands National Park
- Smith Islands National Park
- South Cumberland Islands National Park
- West Hill National Park
- Whitsunday Islands National Park
- Yuwi Paree Toolkoon National Park
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
none
Report cards
Conservation parks
- Abbot Bay Conservation Park
- Andromache Conservation Park
- Bakers Creek Conservation Park
- Bloomsbury Conservation Park
- Charon Point Conservation Park
- Conway Conservation Park
- Conway West Conservation Park
- Homevale Conservation Park
- Middle Percy Island Conservation Park
- Mount Blarney Conservation Park
- Mount Hector Conservation Park
- Mount Kinchant Conservation Park
- Newport Conservation Park
- Sandringham Bay Conservation Park
- Skull Knob Conservation Park
- St Helens Gap Conservation Park
- Wilandspey Conservation Park
State forests
- Andromache State Forest
- Apsley State Forest
- Ben Mohr State Forest
- Blair Athol State Forest
- Bluff Hill State Forest
- Bundoora State Forest
- Carbine State Forest
- Carminya State Forest
- Cathu State Forest
- Collaroy State Forest
- Copperfield State Forest
- Crediton State Forest
- Dryander State Forest
- Epsom State Forest 1
- Epsom State Forest 2
- Epsom State Forest 3
- Glencoe State Forest
- Junee State Forest
- Kelvin State Forest
- Macartney State Forest
- Mia Mia State Forest
- Mount Buffalo State Forest
- Mount Toby State Forest
- Pelion State Forest
- Porphyry Hill State Forest
- Proserpine State Forest
- Redrock State Forest
- Rosedale State Forest
- Sonoma State Forest
- Spencer Gap State Forest
- St Helens State Forest
- Tierawoomba State Forest
- West Hill State Forest
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
none
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
- Available (all have been combined since February 2012)
Nature refuges
- Aberdeen Nature Refuge
- Australian Prawn Farms Nature Refuge
- Avoid Island Nature Refuge
- Blackjack Mountain Nature Refuge
- Bluegrass Nature Refuge
- Bosel's Nature Refuge
- Burwood Nature Refuge
- Bygana Nature Refuge
- Bygana West Nature Refuge
- Coolibah Nature Refuge
- Creek Retreat Nature Refuge
- Doongella Nature Refuge
- Doongmabulla Mound Springs Nature Refuge
- Dryander Creek Nature Refuge
- Eaglefield Creek Nature Refuge
- East Top Nature Refuge
- Echidna Nature Refuge
- Flagstone Nature Refuge
- Foggy Block Nature Refuge
- German Creek Nature Refuge
- Hells Gate Nature Refuge
- Hermitage Nature Refuge
- Homehaven Nature Refuge
- June's Land Nature Refuge
- Lex Creek Nature Refuge
- Lords Table Mountain Nature Refuge
- Moonoomoo Nature Refuge
- Mount Jukes Nature Refuge
- Mount Pleasant Nature Refuge
- Mount Proserpine Nature Refuge
- Newlands Nature Refuge
- Norman Nature Refuge
- Norwich Park Nature Refuge
- Padaminka Nature Refuge
- Palm Valley Nature Refuge
- Rangemoore Nature Refuge
- Rhondan Valley Nature Refuge
- Rosser Rainforest Nature Refuge
- Roxy Nature Refuge
- Sandy Falls Nature Refuge
- Shylo Nature Refuge
- Teemburra Nature Refuge
- Thompson's Bush Nature Refuge
- Two Hills Nature Refuge
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
- Arid and semi-arid grass, sedge and herb swamp
- Arid and semi-arid tree swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain lake
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain tree swamp–Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
none
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Fitzroy priority neighbourhood catchments water quality monitoring program
- Framework for the assessment of river and wetland health (FARWH) – Queensland trials
- Groundwater ambient network (GWAN) – water quality
- Groundwater water level network
- Long term historical trend water quality monitoring data
- Mackay water quality monitoring
- Reef Plan paddock to reef integrated monitoring, modelling and reporting program (Paddock to Reef program)
- Pioneer Valley water board monitoring
- Port Curtis integrated monitoring program (PCIMP)
- Queensland wetland mapping
- Stream and estuary assessment program (SEAP) – freshwater
- Surface water ambient network (SWAN) – water quality
- Surface water monitoring network
- Wetland walkabout monitoring
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
- Cane Growers best management practice
- Case Study: De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
- Constructed wetland Blacks Beach, Mackay (video)
- De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
- Goorganga wetland rehabilitation
- Managing water for the farm and environment with Jeppesen Farming Company
- Padaminka wetland rehabilitation
- Tedlands wetland rehabilitation
- Wetland rehabilitation—De Moleyns Lagoon, Pioneer Valley (video)
Wetland projects
- A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
- Avoid Island - Flatback habitat restoration and education project
- Bakers Creek Constructed Wetland (RC S1 BC 1 (DR5003))
- Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
- Building community environmental leadership and waterway health restoration Upper Pioneer Catchment and Owens Creek
- Building resilience in the Burdekin grazing industry
- Building resilience of natural areas and sustainable land management on small properties within the Mackay Whitsunday Region
- Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Regional Investment Strategy (RIS) 2004-2008 Final Report
- Burdekin Shire Council - Aquatic Weed Control
- Calvert Dam, Norwich Park Mine, Dysart
- Cane Growers best management practice
- Cape Gloucester - Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thicket Restoration Project
- Case Study: De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
- Central Queensland Coast Riparian Health Project
- Community-led coastal environmental inventory and monitoring program
- Constructed wetland Blacks Beach, Mackay (video)
- Constructed Wetland Management Plan, Myers Cane Farm, Homebush
- Corio Bay Restoration
- Cowley’s Wetland
- De Moleyns Lagoon
- De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
- Emu Park Community Bushcare Group Coastal Vegetation and Wetlands Protection Project
- Engage the Whitsunday community to prevent and remove marine debris
- Fencing Wetlands and Riparian Zones on Wedderburn
- Feral Pig Control on the Stanage Peninsula
- Fitzroy pest and weed management project
- Fitzroy Water Quality
- Fitzroy Water Quality Project
- Galbraith Creek Riparian Revegetation
- Goorganga wetland rehabilitation
- Hay Point Coal Port Floating Treatment Media
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Plan
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Program ‘FB NAP PAP 01’ Final Report December 2004
- Improved on-farm soil and nutrient management practices
- Improving Water Quality Through In-Ground Land Management Changes in the Bowen-Broken River Catchment: A Framework for Action
- Increase community involvement with marine debris removal
- Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program
- Janes Creek Gooseponds Project
- Janes Creek Revegetation Project
- Kinka Wetlands
- Kinka Wetlands Quarry Rehabilitation
- Lagoons Creek Rehabilitation Project
- Landings Road
- Landscape Resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- Little McCreadys Creek Rehabilitation Project
- Managing water for the farm and environment with Jeppesen Farming Company
- McCreadys Creek South Regional Wetlands–Detailed Design ($200K) – Construction of first cell ($3million)
- MW QNRM 01
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - NQ Dry Tropics Don River (Additional Project)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - NQ Dry Tropics S1 Don River
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - CT 1 (DR5023)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - CT 2 (DR5026)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - GR 1 (Additional project)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - GR 3 (Additional project)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - MC1 (DR5021)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-MRC-FRF DR5028 (Additional project)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - MRC - LMC (DR5020)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC- OC 1 (DR5014)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 BC 1 (DR5003)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OaC 1- 11 (DR5005)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 12 (DR5004)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 13 (DR5004)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 3 (DR5001)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 4 (DR5001)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 5 (DR5002)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 6 (DR5002)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 7 (DR5002)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 OC 8 (DR5002)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 Whitsunday Creeks (DR5006)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH 1 (DR5009)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH 3 (DR5011)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH 5 (DR5013)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH 6 (DR5024)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH 7 (DR5010)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - SH10 (DR5025)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - WH 1 (DR5022)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC - WH 3 (DR5012)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WH4 (Additional project)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WRC - CC (DR5015)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WRIT - Project 1 (DR5016)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WRIT- Project 2 (DR5018)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WRIT - Project 3 (DR5017)
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC-WRIT- Project 4 (DR5019)
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2015–16)
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2016–17)
- O'Connell River—Forbes Road Fishway
- Padaminka wetland rehabilitation
- Pioneer Valley Ecosystem Restoration
- Protecting the Values of Our Ramsar Wetlands Shoalwater/Corio Bay
- QNRM02 P1-SP1 Pond Apple
- QNRM02 P2-SP1 Rubber Vine
- QNRM02 P4-SP1 Feral Pigs
- QNRM02 P5-SP1 Mimosa Pigra
- Racecourse Mill Wetland
- Ramsar Area Pig and Weed Control 2014-15
- Ramsar Wetlands (DEEDI) CfOC
- Ramsar Wetlands (GA) CfOC
- Restoring wetland function at Spotswood Lagoon
- Riparian rehabilitation after Cyclone Debbie
- Sandringham Lagoon
- Saving our precious sea turtles in Bowen
- Southern Pioneer Floodplain Lagoon
- Sustainable agriculture through innovative practices in the Fitzroy
- Systems repair in the Lower Burdekin
- Tedlands wetland rehabilitation
- Virtual Bus Tour: Conjunctive use dewatering bore to address a rising groundwater problem
- Virtual Bus Tour: Controlled traffic farming on a best management practice farm
- Virtual Bus Tour: Gary Raiteri talks rural water use efficiency technology
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure overhead irrigation for water use efficiency
- Water-sensitive urban design monitoring
- Wetland rehabilitation—De Moleyns Lagoon, Pioneer Valley (video)
- Whitsunday Integrated Pest Management to Protect Wetlands of National Significance
Area specific conceptual model case studies
none
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
- Fitzroy
-
Burdekin
- Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin)
- Belyando floodplain (Burdekin)
- Bogie River (Burdekin)
- Bowen River (Burdekin)
- Broken River (Burdekin)
- Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin)
- Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin)
- Cape River (Burdekin)
- Carmichael River (Burdekin)
- Diamond Creek (Burdekin)
- Don River (Burdekin)
- Fox Creek (Burdekin)
- Glenmore Creek (Burdekin)
- Little Bowen River (Burdekin)
- Logan Creek (Burdekin)
- Lower Cape River (Burdekin)
- Lower Suttor River (Burdekin)
- Mistake Creek (Burdekin)
- Pelican Creek (Burdekin)
- Rosella Creek (Burdekin)
- Rosetta Creek (Burdekin)
- Sellheim River (Burdekin)
- Upper Belyando River (Burdekin)
- Upper Suttor River (Burdekin)
- Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin)
-
Mackay Whitsunday
- Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday)
- St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday)
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
-
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
- (HEV)
- HEV2342 (HEV)
-
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
- HEVa2001 (HEV)
- HEVa2002 (HEV)
- HEVm2001 (HEV)
- HEVm2002 (HEV)
- HEVm2003 (HEV)
- HEVm2004 (HEV)
- HEVm2005 (HEV)
- HEVm2006 (HEV)
- HEVm2007 (HEV)
- HEVm2008 (HEV)
- HEVm2009 (HEV)
- HEVm2010 (HEV)
- HEVm2063 (HEV)
-
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
- HEVa2002 (HEV)
- HEVm2063 (HEV)
-
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
- HEVa2046 (HEV)
- HEVm2009 (HEV)
- HEVm2042 (HEV)
- HEVm2063 (HEV)
-
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
- HEV2381 (HEV)
- HEV2383 (HEV)
- HEV2384 (HEV)
- HEV2385 (HEV)
- MD2341 (MD)
- MD2342 (MD)
- MD2343 (MD)
- SD2381N (SD)
- SD2381S (SD)
- SD2382 (SD)
- SD2383 (SD)
- SD2384 (SD)
-
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
- HEV2313 (HEV)
- HEV2341 (HEV)
- HEV2342 (HEV)
- HEV2343 (HEV)
- HEV2344 (HEV)
- HEV2345 (HEV)
- HEV2346 (HEV)
- HEV2347 (HEV)
- HEV2348 (HEV)
- HEV2349 (HEV)
- HEV2350 (HEV)
- HEV2351 (HEV)
- HEV2352 (HEV)
- HEV2353 (HEV)
- HEV2354 (HEV)
- HEV2355 (HEV)
- SD2382 (SD)
- SD2383 (SD)
-
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
- HEV2301 (HEV)
- HEV2302 (HEV)
- HEV2303 (HEV)
- HEV2304 (HEV)
- HEV2305 (HEV)
- HEV2306 (HEV)
- HEV2307 (HEV)
- HEV2308 (HEV)
- HEV2309 (HEV)
- HEV2310 (HEV)
- HEV2311 (HEV)
- HEV2312 (HEV)
- HEV2313 (HEV)
- HEV2314 (HEV)
- HEV2315 (HEV)
- SD2301 (SD)
- SD2302 (SD)
- SD2303 (SD)
- SD2381 (SD)
-
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
- SD2422 (SD)
-
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
- HEV2424 (HEV)
- SD2422 (SD)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amity Creek |
2010 | Rock Ramp | Amity Creek |
| Arrowroot Creek |
2015 | Culvert | Boundary Creek |
| Bakers Treat Train |
2015 | Rock Ramp | Unnamed Creek |
| Biggs Road |
2010 | Rock Ramp | Proserpine River |
| Blackrock Creek |
2017 | Rock Ramp | Black Rock Creek |
| Bowen River Weir |
2010 | Mechanical | Bowen River |
| Bridge Creek |
2010 | Culvert | Bridge Creek |
| Clewes Road |
2018 | Rock Ramp | Black Rock Creek |
| Collinvale Rd |
2012 | Culvert | Gregory River |
| Constant Creek |
2008 | Rock Ramp | Constant Creek |
| Devereux Creek |
2018 | Culvert | Devereux Creek |
| Dougherty's Road |
2020 | Culvert | Boundary Creek |
| Dumbleton Weir |
2007 | Mechanical | Pioneer River |
| Ellis Road |
2008 | Culvert | O'Connell River |
| Evans Ave |
2007 | Rock Ramp, Other | Gooseponds Creek |
| Exe Creek |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Exe Creek |
| Flaggy Rock |
2008 | Cone | Flaggy Rock Creek |
| Forbes Rd |
2013 | Rock Ramp | O'Connell River |
| Fursden Creek Rock Ramp Fishway |
Rock Ramp | Fursden Creek | |
| Gooseponds Bruce Highway Rock Ramp Fishway |
2018 | Rock Ramp | Gooseponds Creek |
| Gregory Weir |
2009 | Pool and Weir | Gregory River |
| Habana Road 1 |
2007 | Rock Ramp | Reliance Creek |
| Habana Road 2 |
2008 | Culvert | Denman Creek |
| Harbour Road |
2007 | Removal | Harbour Creek |
| Hazelwood Creek |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Hazelwood Creek |
| Hicks Road |
2007 | Bypass | Gooseponds Creek |
| Jolimont Weir |
2016 | Rock ramp, Cone | Jolimont Creek |
| Lagoons Creek 1 |
2015 | Rock Ramp | Lagoons Creek |
| Lagoons Creek 2 |
2013 | Rock Ramp | Lagoons Creek |
| Lagoons Creek 3 |
2016 | Rock Ramp | Lagoons Creek |
| Lagoons Creek 4 |
2016 | Rock Ramp | Lagoons Creek |
| Lagoons Creek 5 |
2016 | Rock Ramp | Lagoons Creek |
| Landsdown Road |
2007 | Culvert | Lagoons Creek |
| Lethe Brook |
2007 | Rock Ramp | Lethebrrook Creek |
| Lower Neilson |
2008 | Rock Ramp | Neilson Creek |
| Malcomsom Street |
2007 | Vertical slot | Gooseponds Creek |
| Marian Weir |
2010 | Pool and Weir | Pioneer River |
| Marion Creek |
2008 | Culvert | Marion Creek |
| Marklands Wetland 1 |
2015 | Cone | Boundary Creek |
| Marklands Wetland 2 |
2015 | Culvert | Boundary Creek |
| Middle Creek |
2007 | Bypass | Middle Creek |
| Old Bowen Road |
2016 | Rock Ramp | Black Rock Creek |
| Oonooie Fishway |
2007 | Rock Ramp | Unnamed Creek |
| Porters Road |
2008 | Rock Ramp | O'Connell River |
| Sandringham Lagoon |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Sandringham Creek |
| Sandringham Wetlands Fishladder |
2022 | Rock Ramp | Sandringham Creek |
| Seaforth Creek |
2007 | Rock ramp, Cone | Seaforth Creek |
| St Lawrence 1 |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Unnamed Creek |
| St Lawrence 2 |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Unnamed Creek |
| Staffords Road |
2008 | Culvert | O'Connell River |
| Tedlands 1 |
2008 | Rock Ramp | Tedlands Creek |
| Tedlands 2 |
2016 | Rock Ramp | Tedlands Creek |
| Tondarra Road |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Bogie River |
| Upper Gregory |
2010 | Rock Ramp | Gregory River |
| Upper Hazelwood B |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Hazelwood Creek |
| Upper Hazelwood T |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Hazelwood Creek |
| Victor Creek |
2008 | Removal | Victor Creek |
| Willetts Road |
2007 | Rock Ramp | Gooseponds Creek |
| Wran Causeway |
2013 | Rock Ramp | Wran Creek |
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 5,303 | 657 | 523 | 171 | 5,962 |
| Animals | 1,030 | 45 | 240 | 82 | 1,075 |
| Mammals | 134 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 152 |
| Birds | 465 | 12 | 95 | 37 | 477 |
| Reptiles | 214 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 215 |
| Amphibians | 44 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 45 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 69 | 7 | 75 | 1 | 76 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Insects | 93 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 99 |
| Malacostracans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Arachnids | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bacteria | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chromists | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Fungi | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| Plants | 3,949 | 612 | 283 | 89 | 4,562 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.
Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
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This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional Plan — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/regional-plan-mackay-isaac-and-whitsunday/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation