TC recurved near Cooktown with gales and floods in most coastal districts. Railway line to Cairns cut and the main road cut at Kuranda. Mountainous seas at Cairns on the 15th with additional lines attached to 3 ships in port. By the 17th a 300 yard section of the Esplanade at Cairns in danger of collapsing at high tide.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…