Sydney 21 March 2006

A miracle has happened. Cyclone Larry veered slightly north and slammed into the sugar town of Innisfail causing great destruction. All sugar and banana plantations are flattened, every building is damaged but fortunately no one was hurt. Townsville was just on the edge of the destructive wind zone and received gale force gusts without too much tidal surge. We were very lucky. However, cyclone Wati from Fiji is now on its way and following the same track. It is currently a category 2 but we are keeping a wary eye on it.