A young man has been fined after riding a rocket-propelled skateboard down the main street of a central Queensland town.
Before a cheering crowd, Eddie McDonald sped past the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine at more than 60km/h on Saturday night.
‘‘Everyone was pretty blown away by it. It definitely got a lot of attention,’’ Mr McDonald told The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin.
However, Mr McDonald also attracted the attention of local police.

‘‘It was good fun at the time,’’ he said.The 24-year-old boilermaker was subsequently fined $154 for riding a modified recreational vehicle.
Mr McDonald duct-taped legal model rockets to his skateboard.
‘‘I wanted to see how fast I could get it with a bit of rocket power,’’ he said.
‘‘I'd love to do it again … but with bigger rockets this time.’’
District officer Inspector Michael Fawcett said he had never heard of anything quite like it before.
‘‘There is funnily enough a ticket for using a rocket-propelled vehicle on a road, which I suspect this might be the only ever ticket issued for that particular offence in Queensland,’’ he told 612 ABC Brisbane.
‘‘The bottom line is that we've got someone riding at skateboard at night, on the main road, no helmet, in probably a dangerous situation.’’