BKHK wrote:

Have you boarded up the house?

BK there is to much glass to board it, a small rain forest would have to be sacrificed Nope i have taped the windows, london blitz stylie and hopefully most of the real scary stuff will pass further north as predicted .. So a bit of precautionary taping Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Understand if you have lots of glass. We had bolt on hurricane boards made after the first one hit us which made life easier the next time. A direct hit from a Cat 2 / 3 was bad enough. I hope this one at least reduces intensity as the first bands cross the coast, sometimes the friction just takes it down that one notch which can make all the difference.

JS i think we are reasonably safe in the Whitsundays, it is at the furthest edge of the cyclone

On another topic, do you want to meet up on the 18th for the drive to the Black Spur Inn ? We will be back and living in Sydney then so could follow each other down  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Sounds like a great idea Zilch.

We were planning on leaving on Thursday afternoon and staying part way down to shorten the trip on the Friday and get down there at a reasonable time to relax a bit before dinner. Does that fit in with your timing? 'Black Betty' Java Black RRS 07 TDV6

JS not a problem, let me know your proposed route and plans and we will work around it, not had a holiday for 18 months, so a nice breeze down to Melbourne sounds a great idea Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Very Annoyed wrote:

Zilch - hope tonight goes OK for you. Keep us informed.

VA hoping for a reasonably uneventful night.. all calm now, no doubt before the storm hits further up North a lot later.. but we are out of the real danger impact zone  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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just looking at its a Cat 5 on the ABC News link earlier in the thread

Hope it blows its self out without too much damage

We hope this finds everyone in Nth Qld, your family and friends safe. Our thoughts are with you.

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cdn_downunder wrote:

Morning news here in Aus is starting to report now...

Yasi made landfall around Mission Beach between Cairns and Townsville, pretty severe devastation reported in the immediate area but no serious injuries reported thus far. Power out to 70,000+ people but the evac centres have all held up.

Hearing from friends in Cairns now, lots of damage to houses, trees blown over, power lines everywhere, not sure what impact this had on the Great Barrier Reef but could be bad and you can expect banana, sugarcane and other FNQ crop prices to soar as much of the crops have been wiped out apparently.

Morning all and the Whitsundays seems to have been spared, we were on the edge of it, but not so lucky for Tully and Innisfail that seems to have borne the brunt of it..

Will have a look around later today when the wind subsides but i think Airlie Beach has managed to avoid the worse of it. Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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That's good news Zilch !
See you shortly

Will be in Sydney late evening tomorrow.

Was told its quite hot now and we'll be hoping the rains and cyclones do not migrate south!!  Malaysia Boleh!
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