TC crossed the Gulf from Gove to Edward River Mission. At 9am 26th Thursday Island recorded wind gusts to 69 knots and 63 knots at 3pm.

At Thursday Island fences were flattened, trees uprooted and 3 luggers crashed into a jetty. A number of pearl culture oyster beds were destroyed along the NE Gulf coast when large waves sank oyster pontoons. The MV Windarra in the Gulf reported injuries to the crew from large waves. Considerable flooding occurred in the Gulf Country when the cyclone crossed the Peninsula and water entered some homesteads.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…