The river flows north, joined by seventeen tributaries, and splits as an anabranch on multiple occasions.

[3] In the late 1990s the river was proposed as the site for the Starlee Dam 16km north of Rolleston.

The dam with a capacity of up to 1.3 million megalitres would have inundated the town of Rolleston, but was scrapped by the Queensland Government due to "significant and severe impacts" on the environment.

[4] Wadja (also known as Wadjigu, Wadya, Wadjainngo, Mandalgu, and Wadjigun) is an Australian Aboriginal language in Central Queensland.

the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston.