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Idyllic Islands in ruin after ex-Cyclone Alfred devastated southeast Queensland
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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3/13/2025
They were the first to bear the brunt of tropical cyclone Alfred. Almost five days on, the clean-up continues on the Moreton Bay islands with power and internet still being restored.
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The idyllic beaches of North Stradbroke Island carved away, a lingering impact of tropical
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cyclone Alfred.
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Point Lookout was the hardest hit by big swells and wild wind.
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Truckloads of fallen trees and debris are still being removed.
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Melanie Lawler has 60 holiday rentals on the island.
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She's been fixing up the properties to get tourists back.
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We've actually got three new bookings for this weekend, which I thought was amazing.
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So come to Straddy, we'd love to see you.
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Some holidaymakers who rescheduled their trips returned to the island today.
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Yeah, I'm just glad the sun's shining.
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The area's main grocer is up and running.
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Power has just returned after being out for days.
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It's still without internet, meaning it's cash only.
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Since the eye passed, power went out and then all hell just broke loose.
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I think we lost mobile communications the following morning and still haven't had it
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since then and just no update about when it's happening.
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Thousands of dollars of produce was lost.
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You know, loss of trade as well.
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By the time we come out of this, we're talking about, you know, we're hundreds of thousands
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of dollars in the red.
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The cleanup efforts are in full swing here on North Stradbroke Island, with life almost
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back to normal.
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Power and essential services are being restored, but other Southern Bay Island residents are
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still in the dark.
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It's a bit of a strain on the whole family actually, you know, everyone's stressed out,
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the kids are bored.
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It's up and down each day.
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The mayor says the Bay Islands haven't been forgotten.
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I know island residents have indicated they've been feeling left out.
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We've been working really hard to get those services back on for them.
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She expects there'll be lessons around outages to phone and internet services.
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And we really need more investment in our local area to ensure that when we go through
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things like this, we still maintain as best we can the connectivity with our residents
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because without that, we don't know what's going on.
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