This is the ramp for the Proserpine River proper. Transport and Main Roads had the current facility built with two lanes of precast concrete planks, a floating walkway with lighting and safety rails, and rock-pitched shoulders, and the gravel car park takes 75 rigs. The river here is wide and tidal, and the ramp is long enough to be usable on most tides, though the mudbanks close in at the bottom of a big low and the state register flags it as tide-limited.

The walkway sits on the upstream side, which locals have long said makes it awkward in strong south-easterlies and on big tides. In October 2016 the state government announced the ramp would be duplicated to four lanes with a second walkway; by August 2023 the local councillor was still pressing for it, and the upgrade has not been delivered.

The Proserpine River is one of the better barramundi rivers on this coast, with mangrove jack and salmon, and it is also thick with saltwater crocodiles. Keep clear of the water's edge at the ramp, do not wade to retrieve, and keep dogs in the car. Downstream the river opens into Repulse Bay, which is shallow and murky on the ebb. The small ramp at Wilson Beach near the mouth is the only alternative on the river.

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