Please note, although your property may not have been directly affected by this flood event, the event has been included in your suburb listing because according to the Bureau of Meteorology river gauge data, a catchment near your suburb recorded a high mark. This event may have affected your suburb.

Flooding in streams from north of Townsville to Rockhampton was mainly due to cyclone activity. At Sellheim the Burdekin River peaked on 19th (third highest on record ). In the tropical interior, under combined monsoonal plus cyclonic rains, extensive areas were inundated. Rail and other land traffic was held up for a few days at a time. Towns were isolated and Muttaburra had been without any communications for a fortnight at the end of the month.