Gladstone woman Julie Lynette Seage appeared in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday

The Gladstone woman admitted to smoking ice from a pipe the night before getting behind the wheel.

Julie Lynette Seage, 37, pleaded guilty in the Gladstone Magistrates Court to drug driving on Tuesday before Acting Magistrate Milburn.

A mother who drug drove with her child unrestrained faced the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Julie Lynette Seage, 37, pleaded guilty to drug driving before Acting Magistrate John Milburn.

A court heard on May 15, around 3.30pm, police intercepted Seage driving on Venus Street, Telina and made note of her nine-year-old daughter who was unrestrained in the back seat.

Seage submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result and when questioned she made admissions to smoking ice from a pipe the night before.

Police prosecutor Merrilyn Hoskins said Seage had previous driving offences of a like nature including a driving under the influence of drugs charge in 2017.

Mr Milburn convicted and fined Seage $500 and suspended her from driving for three months with a conviction recorded.