Greg Pearce helps kids get home in Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay

As roads were cut across Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach, a charter boat operator stepped up to make sure school kids got home safely. Footage of flash flooding in the area has also emerged. VIDEO

When school kids were left stranded as roads flooded between Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach on Friday, a local charter company stepped in to make sure they would get home safely.

Greg Pearce from Double Island Point Fishing Charters said three kids were brought back to Cooloola Cove from Rainbow Beach and about 14 kids and six adults were taken to Rainbow Beach.

Greg Pearce from Double Island Point Fishing Charters said three kids were brought back to Cooloola Cove from Rainbow Beach and about 14 kids and six adults were taken to Rainbow Beach. Â

“It was easier and quicker and safer than going by road,” he said.

“The fact that it was rainy and stormy didn’t make a difference to us.”

Even going across the channel, a regular journey for the crew, the visibility was reduced to 40-50 metres, Mr Pearce said, describing it as a “once in a 10-20 year storm”.

More than 200mm of rain was recorded in parts of Tin Can Bay on Friday.

Mr Pearce said Tin Can Bay Houseboats had also assisted the students, letting him use their jetty and letting everyone use their undercover area to stay dry.

Mel May from Tin Can Bay Tourist Park said her rain gauge had recorded 360mm over the course of Friday “from morning until it was dark”.

Heavy rain fell in Tin Can Bay on Friday.

She said the park still had plenty of people arriving, but not many were venturing out given the heavy rain.

Despite the wild weather, the park was safe and kids were still splashing around in the pool as the rain fell, Ms May said.

“We’re high and dry.”

Guests were still also planning to make a trip to Fraser Island where up to 400mms fell overnight.

In comes after flash flooding in Bauple on Friday led to a swift water rescue.

In nearby Tiaro, 112mm of rain fell in just a few hours.

Then on Friday night, a text was sent out across the Fraser Coast warning of more wet weather to come.