Always thought it possible that a cyclone could landfall this far south (seen them at the same latitude but out to sea), & now it's come to pass. Turns out it's not unprecedented - there was one that did it in 1974 - Cyclone Zoe.

Cyclone Albo is way south of where it's meant to be, now it's stalled & stubbornly predicted to head in a contrary direction to classic re-curvature forces - straight into Brisbane.

It's only Cat 2, but it's a large sprawling shape-shifting beast, in an area that's not used to cyclones (it's used to East Coast Lows, which can have as much or more rain, but not the wind).
There's enormous local media hype (compared to almost nothing before the ECL floods of 22) - i tend to think it's over the top - but it does feel very typhoony.

Typical eminent arrival weather - wind gusting up - dying down - heavy rain dumps - then even a glimpse of sunshine.

Biggest concern is the rain. As it's a slow moving system, it's a multi-day event. We've already had 200mm (Thur evening) & it's not due to make landfall until Friday night/Sat morning. It could be a 1000mm by the time it's done. That's not good.

Similar to the 22 ECL floods, Northern Rivers is right in the clockwise firing line for the rain torrent bands if/when it's a Brisbane eye entry. NR is situated 100km south of Brisbane.

We're like the Pingtung west coast for typhoons in Taiwan - a rain-absorption landmass.

On the positive side, it's kinda cool to get that old typhoon feeling back again ... got my Taiwan scooter wet-gear on, out there doing the prep ...

* Alfred was supposed to be called Anthony - but that name was skipped over as it's the same name as Aus PM Anthony 'Albo' Albanese - same as what they did with Xi Jinping when naming Covid viruses. But locally, people refer to this event as Cyclone Albo.