South Pine River

The South Pine River is a minor river in South East Queensland, Australia. It rises on the D'Aguilar Range and passes through the Samford Valley in the City of Moreton Bay local government area.

South Pine
Eden
Gympie Road crossing, 2013
South Pine River is located in Queensland
South Pine River
Location of the South Pine River mouth in Queensland
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionSouth East Queensland
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Glorious, D'Aguilar Range
 • locationnear Highvale
 • coordinates27°22′01″S 152°47′59″E
 • elevation297 m (974 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the North Pine River to form the Pine River
 • location
Lawnton
 • coordinates
27°17′16″S 153°00′57″E
 • elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Length41 km (25 mi)
Basin features
River systemPine River catchment
Tributaries 
 • leftDawson Creek
[1]

Location and features
Reflections, South Pine River. Albany Creek, 2022

The South Pine River rises in the D'Aguilar Range below Mount Glorious near Highvale, northwest of Brisbane, and flows generally east, to form its confluence with the North Pine River at Lawnton, where the river forms the Pine River. The river flows mostly through the City of Moreton Bay; it is joined by Dawson Creek,[2] Samford Creek and Cedar Creek before snaking through the outer northwestern suburbs of Brisbane where it divides the suburbs of Eatons Hill and Brendale to the north and Albany Creek to the south. Meeting with Albany Creek in the suburb of the same name, it carries the city council boundary between the Moreton Bay City Council and the Brisbane City Council down to its confluence. To the northwest of the South Pine River are the Pine Rivers suburbs of Strathpine and Lawnton, while on the southeast are Brisbane City Council suburbs Bridgeman Downs and Bald Hills. The river descends 287 metres (942 ft) over its 41-kilometre (25 mi) course.[1] A sewage treatment plant is located at Brendale.[3]

On early maps the river was called Eden River.[2] The Pine Rivers Shire draws its name from the South Pine, North Pine and Pine Rivers. Small steamships traversed the river to deliver molasses from local mills.[4]

Fauna

The river is home to the platypus.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Map of South Pine River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. Horton, Helen (1988). Brisbane's Back Door: The story of the D'Aguilar Range. Bowen Hills, Queensland: Boolarong Publications. p. 1. ISBN 0-86439-036-X.
  3. "Pine Catchment Story". Department of Environment and Science. Government of Queensland. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. "Strathpine history". Moreton Bay Regional Council. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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