Fitzroy Motor Boat Club Inc

15 metre log floating off Nerimbera today.

The river is near to the 6m mark at Rockhampton in this pic sent in yesterday by Wayne Clifford.

Flood picture from long ago on the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton. Callaghan Park and the Berserker Range in the background. Check out the depth gauges in feet. The river was dredged back then to allow large coastal freighters to come into the city and there was a rail line to the wharves. (Pic recently posted on FB by Rockhampton Old Pics and Yarns)

Here we go again with the Fitzroy River getting a good run up already from the recent rain in the catchment. A massive log just passed the FMBC Clubhouse and Slipways today! Most boats have left their moorings already and have sought safety anchored around the corner towards Devils Elbow. (Thanks Tommy Jones for sending this photo.)

Great pic from Archer Aerials of the club grounds flooded in January 2026. 7 metres is to the gate.

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Fitzroy Motor Boat Club

Dieter's Alberg 35 footer built in the USA up for hull maintenance this week following the flooding. New cutlass bearing installed so the propulsion system should operate beautifully when she goes back in.

Found at Sandy Point this week. 3 metre aluminium punt. Bit of a roughie, but somebody might be sad that their Tender got washed away. Thanks Lachlan for sending the pics in. Anybody recognise as theirs? Maybe belongs to old mate?

Roger Frater has contacted us. He found these mooring bouys down near Thompson's Point. He says that he will drop them into the FMBC clubhouse. Does any body recognise them?

Notice about a yacht drifting at Port Alma recently.

Dinghy washed up on the bank near the red bouy where the yacht was on the bank. (Thanks Tommy Jones for this information.) Somebody will be looking for it after the flood.

Floods are often dangerous and heart breaking. The Gladstone Harbour Master issues yellow, then orange then red alerts. Once it reaches red level, conditions are considered too dangerous for anyone to attempt to go out and save their vessel. This is enforceable by Qld Police. MSQ advises boaties to move their vessel to safety during the yellow alert and to be proactive. (These comments are general advice to boaties only.)

Some of the boats that have been left up on the river bank as the flood waters receeded. The river often drops quickly after the flood peak.