Albert River

The Albert River is feed from the headwaters of the border ranges that separate New South Wales and Queensland, where you will find the sources of the Albert River, with the left and right branches split between Mount Razorback and Worendo. These flow through the World Heritage-listed subtropical Gondwana rainforests of Lamington National Park and down into the Albert Valley where they merge to form the Albert River proper. From here the river heads north through farmlands and eventually into the built up areas around Logan.

Without having paddled the river, it appears to be an easy paddle from the Logan all the way up to the Alan Wilke Bridge at Stanmore Road, where you will encounter a stone weir that likely acts as a barrage keeping the tidal water from flowing upstream. Upstream expect a small weir pool and pools that are interrupted by shallow riffles.

^* Side represents either the left / port (L) or right / starboard (R) sides when facing downstream.
^† Most of the features were taken from Logan or Gold Coast City Council pages.
^‡ Tide times are offset from the river mouth (27° 41' 38.4" S, 153° 20' 48.1" E) that are in turn offset by BoM tide tables.
^§ Distances have been manually calculated from the river mouth.

Distance markers

The online map has markers every kilometer that start at 0 at Logan River Junction up to the north and south branches.

Zoom in to see all of these markers. These do not correlate with any existing numbering system on the river.

• Logan River Junction
• Five bridges, Henry Hester Rd Bridge, Pacific Mwy Dual Bridge, Rail bridge and Martens Street Bridge
• Stanmore Road Bridge and Rest Area
• Chardons Bridge Park
• Nth / Sth Branch
• Boat Ramp
• Bridges
• Kayak Ramp or Path
• Water Feature
• Weir or Low Head Dam

Tidal info for Albert and Logan Rivers Junction

October

18

Fri

06:01

0.14 m

11:16

2.48 m

18:33

0.33 m

23:23

2.20 m

October

19

Sat

06:38

0.16 m

12:02

2.53 m

19:23

0.40 m

October

20

Sun

00:07

2.02 m

07:13

0.22 m

12:48

2.52 m

20:15

0.51 m

October

21

Mon

00:52

1.82 m

07:49

0.33 m

13:36

2.45 m

21:11

0.63 m

Tides for selected locations on the lower Albert River for Friday, 18th October

Albert River Park

06:16

0.14 m

11:24

2.48 m

18:48

0.33 m

23:31

2.20 m

Yatala Boat Ramp

06:45

0.14 m

11:49

2.48 m

19:17

0.33 m

23:56

2.20 m

Stanmore Road

06:54

0.14 m

11:59

2.48 m

19:26

0.33 m

Tide predictions are estimates only. Tide predictions are calculated from Brisbane Bar with times adjusted by 134 minutes for low tide and 82 minutes for high tide. Other locations use a similar offset calculation.
Please refer to the Bureau of Meteorology and Australian National Tide Tables for official tidal information.
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