Peak Crossing

Geography

Peak Crossing is located south of Ipswich. The town is surrounded by farming land, mostly small cropping. The western boundary is marked by the east branch of Warrill Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River. Just upstream from where the road joining Peak Crossing with Mutdapilly crosses Warrill Creek is the Churchbank Weir. The eastern parts of Peak Crossing are dominated by the naturally vegetated central peaks of the Flinders Peak Group. These include Mount Goolman, Ivorys Rock (Muntambin), Mount Blaine and Flinders Peak. Also located here is the Flinders Peak Conservation Park and sections of the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate. These parks are used for bushwalking, horse riding, mountain bike riding and camping. Ipswich – Boonah Road (State Route 93) runs through from north to south.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  4,701
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,878
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  3,606
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  3,524
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,380
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,249
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  2,971
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  2,888