Betsy passed 450 km seawards of Fraser Island but being an exceptionally large cyclone generated very large swells which caused severe beach erosion particularly at Noosa where all sand has been washed away. Forty people were rescued at the normally safe beach at Noosa. A yacht off Fraser Island had to be rescued by the coastguard.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…

Cyclone Betsy track and intensity (BOM)