Moggill Creek is a creek in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, the largest city in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. The creek rises on the Taylor Range

Taylor Range (Queensland)

The Taylor Range or Herbert Taylor Range is a mountain range on the western edge of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first named The Glenmorrison Range by John Oxley during his exploration of the area in January 1824....

 and runs in a south-easterly direction from the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park in Kholo

Kholo, Queensland

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 and Pullenvale

Pullenvale, Queensland

Pullenvale is situated approximately 15 km west of the Brisbane CBD of Queensland’s capital city. Pullenvale is named after early settler, Michael Pullen who in 1852 is said to have cleared a patch of dense bush around what is now Pullenvale with a single ox...

, flowing through Upper Brookfield

Upper Brookfield, Queensland

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 and joining the Brisbane River

Brisbane River

The Brisbane River is the longest river in south east Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley was the first European to explore the river who named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane in 1823...

 at Kenmore

Kenmore, Queensland

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There are various land uses within the Moggill

Moggill, Queensland

Moggill is one of Brisbane's western suburbs, about from the CBD. It comprises a mixture of small-lot and acreage residential homes along with a small number of remaining farms...

 catchment, including commercial and residential areas, grazing and natural bushland

Bushland

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. Moggill Creek is an ephemeral

Ephemeral

Ephemeral things are transitory, existing only briefly. Typically the term is used to describe objects found in nature, although it can describe a wide range of things....

 creek: during period of low rain it may not flow. In contrast to other waterways in the Brisbane area, Moggill Creek is considered to be relatively undisturbed.

Gold Creek is a tributary of Moggill Creek and is dammed by a small reservoir called Gold Creek Dam

Gold Creek Dam

Gold Creek Dam is an earthen dam located on the edge of Brisbane Forest Park on the western outskirts of Brisbane, Australia. The dam holds back Gold Creek Reservoir...

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Moggill Creek is a platypus

Platypus

The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...

 hotspot with a number of locations along the creek being good places to spot the shy animal. The creek has the most platypus sightings for any Brisbane waterway, followed by Enoggera Creek

Enoggera Creek

Enoggera Creek is a waterway that rises on the D'Aguilar Range and flows into the Brisbane River. The creek's headwaters form on the southern slopes of Mount Nebo in Brisbane Forest Park....

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