The Lockyer Valley is an area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba.

With a combination of vibrant rural living and affordable land and house prices, the region is experiencing rapid growth and development between the Brisbane-Ipswich conurbation in the east and Toowoomba in the west.

Urban planning measures have been implemented to preserve the good quality agricultural land and rural feel of the valley.

[3] Other notable centres include Hatton Vale, Helidon, Forest Hill, Grantham, and Murphys Creek.

[5] The banks of waterways in the Lockyer Valley have been identified as the source of silt, which caused problems for the Mount Crosby Pumping Station during Cyclone Oswald.

Squatters arrived in the area east of the Darling Downs from 1840 onwards, and land clearing began for the grazing of live stock.

[11][5] Increasing numbers of unfenced grazing sheep and stations saw the traditional food sources of Aborigines decrease considerably.

Many of them retreated into the mountains where they found a smaller range of edible food sources than on the grasslands, which was one of the reasons for the near complete devastation of the Indigenous inhabitants of the area.

With an average annual rainfall of 780 mm, the Lockyer Valley is the driest part of South East Queensland.

[5] The Lockyer Valley typically experiences temperatures higher than the Brisbane region in summer, but colder in the winter.

Flood related deaths were recorded in the communities of Spring Bluff, Murphys Creek, Grantham and Postmans Ridge.

[17] In 2012, a solar powered, radar based, imaging system was installed to detect dramatic rises in creek water levels.

Some farmers have instigated the use of laser measurements to ensure irrigation systems are optimally configured and yields are high.