Cyclone standstill

We hunketed down as best we could on Sunday night and waited for the eye of the storm to pass. We were about 200kms north of its projected path and by then, 1 am, it was expected to be down from a Category 3 to Category 1.
Nothing happened
In the morning, as we awaited updated news of roads etc everyone started getting ready to leave.
Slowly reality dawned.
Trucks started to stop on the main street, their engines still running.
Then the internet cut out.
The trucks continued to build as we heard the roads west and south were closed by police roadblocks.
Our choices were to wait or head north 1200kms through the desert.

At about 6pm we got back internet and learnt the roads are still closed and our next planned stop, Kalbari was heavily damaged.
We enjoyed a local museum, did our washing, discovered the standard Mount Magnet headgear and had an early drink with Dutch and Danish tourists.

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