Ben Cook will forever be indebted to quick-thinking workmates and a piece of garden hose.

Mr Cook, 25, became trapped in a creek yesterday after wading across a flooded causeway near the town of Marlborough, north of Rockhampton, about 6.30pm.

A man was rescued in Central Queensland last night after getting trapped in a rapidly rising creek. He breathed through a garden hose while he was rescued. Credit:RACQ helicopter crewman Brad Nagy

He walked out on to the causeway, which was covered in about 30 centimetres of water, to see if he could get his car across, but on the way back to his vehicle became trapped.

"There was a piece of the road missing and I fell into it," he told brisbanetimes.com.au today.