He said he had a safe bed in the nearby ... for family from out of town. Mount Isa mayor Danielle Slade said there could be up to 200 people camping near the river, many of them from the Northern ...

Mount Isa resident Eve Medforth was camping ... "We heard a lady across the river yelling for help," she said. "We jumped out of bed to go help and landed in waist-deep water.

A major search and rescue operation is underway in Mount Isa after a man disappeared in the Leichhardt River following heavy rain in the state's north-west. Police say 28-year-old Regan Dempsey ...

“I believe body of AJ Jones buried in or near Fullarton River bed, within 100 yds southside ... He was expected to meet his brother in Mount Isa, in the Gulf Country, a few hours’ drive ...