Hmmm..went from being pretty cruisey about this one to seeing the upgrade and track slighly further north and thought I'd better run out and close some sheds and doors up and put some straps over my solar hot water system on the roof....get the fuel and gennie sorted etc

Been getting some good bursts of gusts every few minutes from the west down the valley and in between almost nothing ..the last one sounded very loud and was accompanied by a skyfull of leaves and debris and the sounds of cracking branchs as it approached...thought a couple of mature bamboos were going over but thankfully not yet..and bugga all rain...

Might end up being a bit of a mess down Townsville way unfortunately..