SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - The crocodiles that inhabit the Fitzroy River appear not to be too much of an issue but the water current could scupper plans to stage the rowing at the 2032 Olympics ...

Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River hosts multiple amateur rowing clubs, but is firmly within crocodile country, and also may give some Olympic boats an unfair advantage because of the river’s flow.

Up to 143,300 tons of that plastic will wind up in the ocean as plastic pollution each year ... the intact yet battered plastic bottle at Fitzroy River estuary during a March 25th cleanup.

Rockhampton's Fitzroy River — in crocodile country — will host the rowing events. Central Queensland city Rockhampton will host rowing during the 2032 Olympics, despite concerns from the sport ...