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The Mount Isa-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was then sent out to find the father and son who were still stranded in the water.
The trio managed to find where the ute had become stuck on the map and the crew flew directly to the location.
Just before last light, the crew located the man and child sitting on the roof of a vehicle and landed the helicopter on a dry patch of land nearby.
The pair had to be rescued on Monday night after their friends walked 12 hours to a police station
RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Pilot Russell Proctor said the father and son did all the right things
Father and 10-year-old son rescued from floodwaters near Mount Isa after friends walked 50km for help
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The father and son were located by air after their friends had walked 12 hours to get help.
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A father and his 10-year-old son have been rescued from floodwaters in remote north-west Queensland after their friends walked 12 hours to raise the alarm.
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A group travelling in a ute became bogged in floodwaters on Sunday evening
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Mount Isa, Camooweal cop a drenching as December average almost doubled
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The Monie Holt Crossing in Mount Isa was closed due to flooding.
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North-west Queenslanders have woken up to flash floods and road closures after a lingering storm dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain over 24 hours.
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Camooweal recorded 118mm from 9am Monday until 6am Tuesday
In the same period Mount Isa recorded 104mm
Camooweal, on the Northern Territory border, recorded 118 millimetres almost twice the December average of 62.7mm.
The gauge at Mount Isa Airport recorded 104mm, also exceeding the 71.2mm average for the month.