Torrens Creek 12 explosions resulted leaving craters deep, nearly destroying the town. Torrens Creek State School, now closed, opened in 1891. The town has a hotel (pub) and a garage. Torrens Creek Torrens Creek is a town and locality in the Shire of Flinders in northern Queensland, Australia. At the , Torrens Creek and the surrounding area had a population of 64. The town is on the Flinders Highway, north-west of the state capital, Brisbane and west of the regional centre of Townsville. The town is named for the creek that forms part of the headwaters of the Thomson River. In 1942
Mount Torrens, South Australia that stands today is virtually unchanged since that time. At the ABS 2001 census, Mount Torrens had a population of 319 people living in 120 dwellings. Mount Torrens has a football club, hotel and general store, as well as several historical buildings. Mount Torrens was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953. It is also on the Onkaparinga Valley Road (route B34). it is near the eastern end of the Amy Gillett Bikeway which follows the former railway alignment from Oakbank to a road crossing just outside Mount Torrens. It may be extended in future to