Quick links

Video tour of the Fitzroy Basin. Click here

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Essential Reading

document FBA Annual Report 2011
Flood recovery work, projects with more than 100 graziers and farmers, protecting special species and working to improve coastal protection - learn more about what we achieved this year. [pdf 4.6 Mb]

Partnering with land managers, industry and the community to achieve a more sustainable central Queensland

The Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. (FBA) is a community-based organisation that works to protect natural assets, improve adoption of modern and environmentally-friendly land management practices, and promote sustainable development.

We work with stakeholders across the Fitzroy Basin and coastal catchments who have an interest in the use and management of our natural resources to provide planning direction, information, advice and practical support.

Now official Supporters of Australian Year of the Farmer 2012!

Snapshots of this year's King Tide

What's New

document Nature walkway to officially open
A network of walkways is helping connect locals to nature on the Capricorn Coast, with construction of the latest link in Lammermoor now complete. [pdf 93.8 kb]

document FLOW is the place to go to discover CQ!
The old post office building in East Street, Rockhampton is an attraction in its own right as one of the city’s most beautiful heritage‐listed buildings but now there are even more reasons to visit. FLOW an interactive centre where people can immerse themselves within our mighty Fitzroy river systems and its tributaries has opened to the public and is located in the Old Post Office Building, corner of East and Denham Street. [pdf 140.7 kb]

document FLOW will be the place to go!
Central Queensland’s newest fun, free and exciting attraction ‘FLOW’ will open to the public at 10am on Thursday 29 March. [pdf 97.8 kb]

document If you're going to get wet, get wet in the wetlands
The region’s wetlands will be a spectacular sight this weekend thanks to all this glorious rain! A free community event will be held at Bicentennial Lagoon in Emu Park, opposite Bell Park this Sunday 25 March to celebrate our region’s wetlands. [pdf 94.8 kb]

document It was a dog's breakfast at Kinka Beach
The dogs had their day last week, with 24 local dogs and their owners attending a ’Dog’s Breakfast’ event at Kinka Beach to learn how to co-exist with migrating and resident shorebirds. [pdf 49.8 kb]

document Walkway links locals to nature
A network of walkways is helping connect locals to nature on the Capricorn Coast, with construction of the latest link underway in Lammermoor. [pdf 95.6 kb]

document Partnership launched to report on river health
Almost a million dollars will be invested over the next 18 months to create a report card on the health of waterways throughout the entire Fitzroy Basin in a deal struck between 26 organisations. [pdf 101.3 kb]

document Drainage and Erosion management field day Comet
Field day in Comet on Friday 18 November. [pdf 433.3 kb]

document Open Letter to Ministers Burke, Fraser and Darling re coastal development
A letter from FBA CEO Suzie Christensen to Ministers Tony Burke, Andrew Fraser and Vicki Darling asking for a moratorium on development in local coastal areas until a strategic assessment of cumulative impacts has been completed. [pdf 438.2 kb]

document Review of Port Curtis Water Quality Report by Prof Barry Hart
A review by Professor Barry Hart of the State Government Report 'Port Curtis and Tributaries: Comparison of current and historical water quality' [pdf 168.7 kb]