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Central Queensland has been hammered by heavy falls overnight with more than 100 millimetres of rain in some areas.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported Pacific Heights at Yeppoon received one of the largest falls with 224mm in the 24 hours to 9am, while Byfield recorded 170mm.

Meikleville Hill at Yeppoon recorded 120mm, taking its total in the past four days to 450mm.

Calliope grazier Will Wilson said the 80mm he had received in the past 24 hours had been welcome.

"I'm just trying to load a few cattle and it's a little bit boggy," he said.

"We've had good rain over around Biloela and Wowan but it still hasn't run quite enough water to make a difference yet, so hopefully we get a bit more.

"I think we'll have a fantastic year now, by the look of things. We should be able to hang on."

State Emergency Service controller Eddie Cowie said localised flooding was a problem on the Capricorn Coast.

"We're currently seeing a spike in requests, particularly in the Capricorn Coast area, for people who are in residential homes and they're starting to experience low level flooding into dwellings," he said.

"Initially we'd encourage those people to enact their own emergency action plans for their flooding. People have their own barriers and their own sandbags to put in place."

More rain to come

BOM senior forecaster Sam Campbell said further moderate to heavy falls were expected in the Capricornia region today.

"Up to 190mm at Carmilla, so the system is producing those heavier falls we were encouraging people to be aware of," he said.

"I'd say today we're looking at some widespread falls around 20 to 60mm throughout the Capricornia.

"Some falls in excess of 100mm is certainly possible, particularly about the coast."

Lake Mary grazier Leon Clothier said in the past week he had measured 430mm of rain and was experiencing moderate flooding.

"In the last 24 hours I've chucked 110mm out of the gauge. In the last two days we've had 298mm and in the last seven days, 420mm," he said.

"I'm flooded in at the moment and that's a good feeling."

Graziers missing out

But the falls have been patchy, with some graziers in the recently drought-declared Banana Shire reporting little to no rain.

A Moura resident, who wished to remain anonymous, told the ABC they were too sad to call in and desperately needed rain on their property.

Banana Shire grazier Rodney Rideout said if he missed out on the rain this time around, he would be looking to destock.

"We've only had 7 millimetres in the last couple of days," he said.

"The forecast for today is looking promising, so I'd like that to come.

"This system is building up as though it will be our last chance [before winter]. You just couldn't believe it that we're in such a dry area and miss those storm cells."