Communities across southeast Queensland and northern NSW hold their breath and brace for impact.
Already, more than 80,000 homes are without power as the massive winds and the long wait take a toll, while supermarkets in the path of the storm are closing their doors as authorities prepare for the worst.
120 ADF personnel have been deployed to help in NSW, with an additional 60 personnel heading to Queensland.
Diane Oxenford is helping out some very vulnerable Queensland residents- marine turtles whose nesting grounds on Bribie Island are right in the path of the cyclone.
