Another close miss by the look, Catagory 5, Ill know soon thats for certain, at the moment the skies are dark gray and winds are building... Its well over 300km from Cairns to Hope Vale, to give a perspective..
It could have been a lot worse, It missed us by about 400km, but it came in on a king tide and has caused a lot of beach erosion and flooding. now its headed over to the NT to clobber those poor buggers over there, and they dont need any more rain.If that's the worst then you've got away with it a bit isn't it ? Phew . . .
Haven't noticed that it's made the news this side of the world, only aware because I searched after seeing your post. Glad all okay . . .