Wivenhoe Pocket

The Lockyer Creek is a creek in South East Queensland, Australia. A tributary of the Brisbane River, the creek is a major drainage system in the Lockyer Valley. Rising on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the creek flows generally north-easterly for more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) before it reaches its confluence with the Brisbane River north-northeast of Lowood, and downstream from the Wivenhoe Dam. The creek is named after Edmund Lockyer.

Patrick Estate is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Patrick Estate had a population of 181 people.

The Wivenhoe Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway across the Brisbane River in South East Queensland, Australia. The dam takes it names from the local Wivenhoe Pocket rural community. The dam wall is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) by road from the centre of Brisbane. The primary purpose of the dam is the supply of potable water for the Brisbane and Ipswich regions. The dam also provides for flood mitigation control, hydroelectricity, and recreation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Wivenhoe and the dam, the lake and a narrow strip of surrounding land forms a locality also called Lake Wivenhoe. Wivenhoe Dam was planned in the early 1970s. The 1974 Brisbane flood highlighted the need for flood protection for South East Queensland. The lake also forms part of the water storages for the Wivenhoe Power Station.

Fernvale is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Fernvale had a population of 3,209 people.It is a rapidly developing rural township located within the urban footprint of the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009–2031.

Vernor is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Vernor had a population of 235 people.

The Royal Bank of Queensland is a heritage-listed former bank at 12 Railway Street, Lowood, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1901 to 1917. It is also known as Bank of Queensland Ltd, National Bank of Australasia, and now as a dental surgery. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

Lowood is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Lowood had a population of 4,082 people.

Lowood State High School is a state high school located in Lowood, Queensland, Australia.

The Shire of Lowood is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1912 and 1916.

Fairney View is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Fairney View had a population of 223 people.