Fitzroy Crossing

Fitzroy Crossing is located on the banks of the Fitzroy River, some 2524 kilometres from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. It is situated in the heart of some of the best pastoral country in Australia, with other interests being mining and tourism.

The town is approximately 114m above sea level and is surrounded by the vast floodplains of the Fitzroy River. Soil type is a mix of ‘pindan’ or red brown sand clay and the productive ‘blacksoils’.

From May to October, days are warm and dry and nights cool whilst from December to March in most years, tropical storms transform the surrounding countryside into a waving sea of green.

Climatic conditions are:

  • Annual rainfall 537mm
  • Number of rain days 49 day
  • Average maximum temperature 35.7°C
  • Average minimum temperature 19.2°C
  • Annual 9am humidity 41%
  • Annual 3pm humidity 27%
  • Average mean dew point 13°C

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The Kimberley Division of General Practice wishes to thank the Derby Tourist Bureau for supplying the above information.Gieki George