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.

Widespread moderate with local heavy rain till 0900 on 4th in the Central Coast area produced minor to moderate flooding in the Pioneer River. More extensive falls in the Central Lowlands caused significant stream rises in the Thomson and Barcoo rivers the same day, increasing to minor to moderate flooding the next day with traffic disabilities, increasing to major flooding on the 9th.

Local flooding in the Winton area stranded 24 people, roads were also closed in the northwest of the State and in the Carnarvon National Park area. Thousands of sheep, shorn and unshorn, drowned in floodwaters in the Longreach area, whilst sheltering from cold and windy conditions.