Travelling North

A quick trip from Townsville airport to Cairns airport, collecting incoming passengers at both airports did not allow me time to stop on the way up, but passing through Tully, fifteen months after Cyclone Yasi, revealed just how devastating the cyclone had been.  The sight of huge coconut trees still lying where they had been uprooted and tossed around by the gales, and of gutted buildings, was a reminder that though natural disasters quickly fade from the public interest, their legacy lasts a long time.