A year or two ago there was a 100kt 'gust' west of Noosa, they called it a mini cyclone. I had come off the water at lake Cootharaba about an hour earlier - good thing or I would have been dead. Was nearly dead anyway, trees were coming down all around our tent, which was mostly collapsed on top of us from the force of wind n hail as we huddled in it trying not to crap ourselves. Others lost their tents entirely, never to be found again. When we left the next day the roads were just passable, SES out chainsawing everywere.
took a long time to clean everything up. also got some $cash$ claimed my surf boards and a few other things that got blown away
very lucky.
