Well-known venues for granite climbing include Yosemite, the Bugaboos, the Mont Blanc massif ( and peaks such as the Aiguille du Dru, the Mountains of Mourne, the Adamello-Presanella Alps, the Aiguille du Midi and the Grandes Jorasses ), the Bregaglia, Corsica, parts of the Karakoram ( especially the Trango Towers ), the Fitzroy Massif, Patagonia, Baffin Island, Ogawayama, the Cornish coast and the Cairngorms.

Port Fitzroy seen from the top of Kaikoura Island ( previously Selwyn Island ), 1967.

SeaLink operates the Island Navigator, a passenger, car and freight ferry, operating from Wynyard Wharf in Auckland city to Tryphena ( several times weekly ) and Port Fitzroy every Tuesday.

* Fitzroy Island

Welcome Bay, Fitzroy IslandFitzroy Island is a continental island, not a coral cay.

It became an island when sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age, flooding a plain between a hill that is now Fitzroy Island, and what is now Cape Grafton.

Coral Beach, Fitzroy Island

Fitzroy Island has been put to many uses by humankind.

The Island has also been home to lighthouses warning ships in the Grafton Passage of the reefs around the island, and a small automatic light on Little Fitzroy Island, just off the north-east point, still serves this purpose.

Walking Trail, Fitzroy Island

There is a walking track that takes in the northern end of the island, the lighthouse on the north-west point which overlooks Little Fitzroy Island, and the island's peak, which offers stunning 360 degree views over the surrounding reefs and Cape Grafton.

Clownfish at Welcome Bay, Fitzroy Island

It is unlikely that box jellyfish would be encountered at Fitzroy Island due to the 4 km passage between the island and the mainland, but they have been found there occasionally, as well as other stinging jellyfish.

Sunset over Welcome Bay, Fitzroy IslandFitzroy Island Resort can be found on Welcome Bay.

Fitzroy Island is serviced by the Fitzroy Flyer, a power catamaran operating out of the Marlin Marina in Cairns.

* Queensland Placenames Listing for Fitzroy Island National Park Accessed 16 November 2007

Popular attractions include Riverbank Parklands, a riverfront parkland attraction located on the banks of Fitzroy River ; the Capricorn Coast, the coastal strip between Yeppoon and Emu Park and Great Keppel Island, a large neighbouring island off the Capricorn Coast, the vast majority of which is national park.

* June 8 – Argentine bombers destroy the British landing ship Sir Galahad and badly damage the landing ship Sir Tristram at Fitzroy on East Falkland Island, killing 51 men, 48 of them aboard Sir Galahad.

Fitzroy Falls is a waterfall found in the Morton National Park near the Highlands ' village of the same name, Fitzroy Falls, and located near Kangaroo Valley.

* Fitzroy Island National Park, Queensland

Fitzroy United Alexander was a founding member of the Philips National Soccer League and proved to be a model team for consistency, since it managed to score, throughout the years, the second best performance rate of all Australian teams competing in the highest league.

Following the formation of the Philips National Soccer League in 1977, the club commenced negotiations with the Heidelberg City Council to move its grounds from Fitzroy to Heidelberg.

* North Fitzroy ( National Bus Company brand )

St Kilda is home to many of Melbourne's famous visitor attractions including Luna Park, the Esplanade Hotel, Acland Street and Fitzroy Street.

1890 photograph of Fitzroy Street looking toward the intersection of Grey Street and the George Hotel from Albert Park.

In 2006, the proposed development of a skate park and concrete urban plaza over parkland on Fitzroy Street next to the primary school at Albert Park caused significant local controversy.

A skate park for the Fitzroy street end of Albert Park is in the planning stages.

Albert Park is a large park which spans many suburbs, including St Kilda on Fitzroy Street and hosts a number of sporting fields and a recreational lake.

St Kilda is home to several schools, including secondary schools St Michael's Grammar School, Christian Brothers College and primary schools St Kilda Primary School ( on Brighton Road ) and St Kilda Park Primary School ( on Fitzroy Street in Albert Park ) all of which have imposing heritage buildings on campus.

The Bayside Trail off-road bicycle network connects through St Kilda with an additional Copenhagen-style bicycle lane running along Fitzroy Street connecting Albert Park to the foreshore.

These include Bay Street ( Port Melbourne ), Victoria Avenue ( Albert Park ), Clarendon Street ( South Melbourne ), Armstrong Street ( Middle Park ), Fitzroy Street ( St Kilda ), Acland Street ( St Kilda ), Carlisle Street ( Balaclava ) and Ormond Road ( Elwood ).

During the 1850s, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond seceded from Melbourne ( all are, since 1994, part of the City of Yarra ), as did South Melbourne, whilst other parts became parts of the neighbouring districts of St Kilda and Port Melbourne, and the border between Brunswick and Melbourne moved south one block to Park Street.

On 8 November 1959 the track along Mary St and Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda West were abandoned in favour of a short extension along Park Street to Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, route 112's current terminus.

* Soccer teams Fitzroy City and Yarra Jets play home matches at Fairfield Park.

The line to Whittlesea was opened in 1891, creating a direct line to Northcote, although the line initially journeyed via Royal Park, Carlton North, and Fitzroy North, before a line was built from Clifton Hill to Melbourne through the suburb of Richmond in 1901 to 1903.

Finally, on 18 April 1970, Fitzroy and Geelong played the first game at Waverley Park, to a crowd of 25, 887.

On 8 May 1888 Royal Park became a junction with the opening of the Inner Circle line towards Fitzroy and Rushall.

* Fitzroy Football Club-in 1967 moved its home ground from the Brunswick Street Oval in Fitzroy to Princes Park, Carlton.

Trains bound for the then terminus at Heidelberg station ( now on the Hurstbridge line ) would run to North Fitzroy station, then continue on to Victoria Park station ( then known as Collingwood, and now on the Hurstbridge and South Morang lines ) to the south.

This left just a single line from Royal Park to Fitzroy remaining for goods services.

Prominent street art precincts include ; Fitzroy, Collingwood, Northcote, Brunswick, St. Kilda and the CBD, where stencil and sticker art is prominent.

The Fitzroy Tavern is a pub situated at 16 Charlotte Street in the Fitzrovia district, to which it gives its name.

Of particular interest is the name Fitzroy, meaning " son ====

Her work is depicted in four stained glass windows in an adjoining hall at St Mark's Anglican Church in Fitzroy, Victoria.

The park is one of the most accessible in the Kimberley as it is only from Fitzroy Crossing and is serviced by a bitumen road.

The snorkelling at Fitzroy is greatly underrated.

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League ( now the Australian Football League ) on its inception in 1897.

The city is located on the banks of the Fitzroy River, approximately 40 kilometres from the river mouth.

* The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior ( Fitzroy )

Summerland Mansions built in 1920 on Fitzroy Street is another notable block in the " mansion flats " style, a style rare in Melbourne.