"This is the fifth day straight - I've done nothing but eat, sleep, surf and do it again." Kirra beach is famous for its breakers and this week has been busy as surfers wait for Cyclone Alfred. The cyclone is expected to make landfall as a category two system late Friday or – more likely - early Saturday morning.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has taken a sudden and unexpected turn, now heading directly towards densely populated areas in southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. The cyclone, which had initially been tracking offshore,

Slow-moving Cyclone Alfred is barrelling toward Brisbane - Australia’s third biggest city - and the nearby tourist town of Gold Coast. With it comes the threat of torrential rai