Type: | town |
Bream Creek | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 124 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7175 |
Region: | South-east |
Location1: | Sorell |
Dist1: | 25 |
Dir1: | E |
Lga: | Sorell |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Buckland |
Near-N: | Rheban |
Near-Ne: | Rheban |
Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
Near-W: | Kellevie |
Near-Sw: | Copping |
Near-S: | Boomer Bay |
Near-Se: | Marion Bay |
Bream Creek is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census has a population of 124 for the state suburb of Bream Creek.[1]
Bream Creek was gazetted as a locality in 1968.[2]
The waters of the Tasman Sea form most of the eastern boundary.
Route C337 (Marion Bay Road) enters from the south-west and runs through to the south-east, where it exits. Route C336 (Bream Creek Road) starts at an intersection with Route C337 and runs north-east through the south-west of the locality before turning west and exiting.[2] [3]
Bream Creek is best known for the Bream Creek Show,[4] held since 1886.[5] The show is famous for its giant pumpkin competition.[6]