Deepwater, Queensland


Deepwater is a coastal locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Deepwater had a population of 206 people.

Geography

Broadwater Creek and Blackwater Creek flow through the locality merging just before entering the Coral Sea. The Broadwater Conservation Park lies between the creek and the ocean. The north of the locality is within the Deepwater National Park.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 9 April 1999.
On 26 November 2018, the Queensland Government ordered the evacuation of Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Rules Beach due to a "dangerous and unpredictable" bushfire wide and covering with flames of high during an extreme heatwave.