Volunteer Marine Rescue Karumba in Karumba, Queensland | Community organisation

Volunteer Marine Rescue Karumba

Locality: Karumba, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4745 9999

Address: 144 Yappar Street 4891 Karumba, QLD, Australia

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24.01.2022 TELL A MATE, IN CASE YOU'RE LATE!! Tell someone where you are going fishing or cruising for the day. I cannot stress this enough. Yesterday, we received a call that a couple had not returned last night. Had booked a motel room, and definitely would not have been staying in the tinny overnight so friends were worried. BUT, they couldn't tell us where they had been fishing yesterday. Was it upriver, or one of the rivers close by, did they go east, west, north? They were found about 1/2 hour later by another tourist. Their dingy had overturned/sunk upriver and they had to swim! Picked up cold and wet - with only sore muscles from shivering all night. The crocs up here are large and plentiful. Very lucky - so TELL A MATE, IN CASE YOU'RE LATE!

18.01.2022 "Yellow Alert" At 0600 hours on the 24th February 2020 the Acting Regional Harbour Master issued a Yellow Alert for the Port of Karumba. Vessel Operators should take all necessary precautions and follow the Extreme Weather plans for this port. The Extreme Weather Plan is available via the Maritime Safety Queensland website, www.msq.qld.gov.au

16.01.2022 VMR Redemption now on it's way for a medivac after conducting another rescue yesterday. Well done yesterday in recovering the overturned vessel and all onboard safely. Nothing scarier then being in the water up here with crocs. Good luck today to the crew.

12.01.2022 Happy Valentines Day to all our followers

06.01.2022 Congratulations to Rob Jones for being recognised for his many years of service by being awarded with the National Medal for service. Rob has volunteered for well over 20 years with first Air Sea Rescue and now VMR. Kyra Hill was also awarded the National Medal.

04.01.2022 ‘Yellow Alert Cancellation’ At 1455 Hours on the 24.02.2020 the Acting Regional Harbour Master cancelled the Yellow Alert for the Port of Karumba. The Port of Karumba is now resuming normal operations. Mariners are advised to monitor local conditions.

02.01.2022 Updated Marine Wind Warning Summary for Queensland Issued at 4:45 am EST on Monday 24 February 2020 for the period until midnight EST Tuesday 25 February 2020. Wind Warnings for Monday 24 February... Gale Warning for the following area: South East Gulf of Carpentaria Strong Wind Warning for the following area: North East Gulf of Carpentaria Wind Warnings for Tuesday 25 February Strong Wind Warning for the following area: South East Gulf of Carpentaria The next marine wind warning summary will be issued by 3:50 pm EST Monday.

02.01.2022 Thank you crew for making sure Karumba Saltwater Fishing Charters made it back safe!

01.01.2022 Looking forward to catching up with the Gulf zone crews and running an exercise. Long distances to travel - lots of knowledge to share.

01.01.2022 VMR Karumba are pleased to announce that they have updated the battery & pad packs in the 2 public defibrillators located at the Sunset Tavern and the Karumba Pharmacy. This was made possible through our fundraising.