TC moved parallel to the coast south of Townsville. At Bundaberg SE gales blew all night 8th /9th and on the 9th veered to westerly reaching hurricane force and the bar there went down to 983.1 hPa at 1pm. A number of houses suffered considerable damage there. The roof of a shop blew into the main street and a new building (almost erected ) was blown down. There was much damage to orchards and many trees were blown down in the surrounding country. There were cyclonic conditions at Hervey Bay on the 10th with the school being blown down at Pialba. Moderate flooding in the Mary River and local flooding in coastal districts south of Mackay. Two men drowned in the Stanley River at Woodford where they recorded 1146 points (291 mm) in the 12 hours to 9pm 9th . At Eumundi a large number of trees were downed and stock were lost. On the 9th at Manly gales and rough seas swept boats from their moorings and a wall was damaged. There was a 0.58 metre storm surge on the Old Pile Light tide gauge in Moreton Bay at 0907 UTC 11 February.

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