The Sunshine Coast is bracing for possibility of heavy rain tonight. The mayor is urging residents to continue to heed the warnings.
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00:00Chris Gaff's pride and joy smashed on the rocks.
00:06I'm distraught, mate. I'm just about to burst into tears, tell you now.
00:11I've been crying all morning.
00:13The boat moored at Bribie Island suffered a battering.
00:16Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred dealt a large blow, but could have been worse.
00:21It's been a bit of a fizzer compared to what we were expecting.
00:24That's a good thing, I suppose.
00:26We got a lot of wind, a lot of wind.
00:29Yeah, but we did all right.
00:31Strong winds continued as the tropical low hung around.
00:34The worst for the Sunshine Coast lies ahead with the rainfall that is coming our way.
00:40Up to 200mm could fall overnight.
00:43So what I do say to people is keep their preparations in place.
00:47But Noosa should be spared.
00:49The rainfall is predicted to be a lot less than what we've just heard, 30 to 100mm.
00:55Beaches have been stripped.
00:57Onlookers took in the new landscape at Twin Waters.
01:00Families who spent an anxious night with little ones were keen for fresh air.
01:05We were going to take the mattress into the lounge room last night
01:07and just kind of have a movie night in the lounge room.
01:10But again, it didn't quite pick up enough where we got to that point.
01:13A nearby coffee shop, Tooka Panten, opened its doors.
01:17We were not expecting it to be so busy, but everyone else closed.
01:21Customers keen for a caffeine hit after a long night.
01:24I try and keep up to date with just like what's going on,
01:27but I don't know, I feel like the surf's pumping, the sun's out.
01:33It's all good.
01:36Here at Golden Beach residents are relieved
01:38ex-tropical cyclone Alfred didn't deliver the gale force winds they were threatened.
01:43The community on the ocean's edge will continue to watch the tides over the coming days
01:48and their sandbags remain at the ready.
01:50Now for weighting game round two.