Emu Park (Emu Park)
Emu Park is a coastal town and locality on the Capricorn Coast located 21 km south of Yeppoon in Queensland, Australia. It is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Rockhampton Region). In the the locality of Emu Park had a population of 2,130 people.
Home of the famous Singing Ship Monument, the Emu Park land area was explored by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. It overlooks the islands of Keppel Bay, including Great Keppel Island. Emu Park is a popular tourist spot, and has won several tourism awards, and features fishing, surfing, boating, and unspoiled beaches.
Emu Park is part of the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland.
Off-shore to the north is Shoal Bay (-23.2185°N, 150.811°W).
Emu Park has the following coast features (from north to south):
* Tanby Point (-23.2362°N, 150.828°W)
* Fishermans Beach (-23.2485°N, 150.824°W)
* Emu Point (-23.2552°N, 150.8293°W)
The northern part of the locality is mostly undeveloped wetlands around Shoal Water Creek (-23.2358°N, 150.7977°W) which flows into Shoal Bay, while the southern part of the locality is undeveloped wetlands around an unnamed creek. The eastern strip of the locality near the coast is urban in character with housing and services. The centre and west of the locality is mostly used for grazing on native vegetation with some areas of rural residential housing.
Emu Park Airstrip is at the northern end of Henry Street (-23.255°N, 150.8144°W).
Home of the famous Singing Ship Monument, the Emu Park land area was explored by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. It overlooks the islands of Keppel Bay, including Great Keppel Island. Emu Park is a popular tourist spot, and has won several tourism awards, and features fishing, surfing, boating, and unspoiled beaches.
Emu Park is part of the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland.
Off-shore to the north is Shoal Bay (-23.2185°N, 150.811°W).
Emu Park has the following coast features (from north to south):
* Tanby Point (-23.2362°N, 150.828°W)
* Fishermans Beach (-23.2485°N, 150.824°W)
* Emu Point (-23.2552°N, 150.8293°W)
The northern part of the locality is mostly undeveloped wetlands around Shoal Water Creek (-23.2358°N, 150.7977°W) which flows into Shoal Bay, while the southern part of the locality is undeveloped wetlands around an unnamed creek. The eastern strip of the locality near the coast is urban in character with housing and services. The centre and west of the locality is mostly used for grazing on native vegetation with some areas of rural residential housing.
Emu Park Airstrip is at the northern end of Henry Street (-23.255°N, 150.8144°W).
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