- Critical care paramedics were unable to save a swimmer on North Stradbroke Island
- Noosa Beach and many Gold Coast beaches have been seriously eroded by cyclonic swell
- Gold Coast Mayor says the coastal damage could have been worse
"It'll probably take a few months to recover."
"We've lost approximately half a metre off the top of some of the dune areas, especially towards the north, and it's moved the sand — it didn't move it back to sea, it's mainly blown it over the top and in towards the Kolan conservation park,"Mr Stewart said.