Share your Tropical Cyclone Alfred experience

The people of the Tweed are no strangers to extreme weather events, but our region hasn't prepared for a cyclone for over 50 years. The Tweed is a strong and resilient community and we have a long tradition of coming together in times like these.

We want to hear about your experience of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the immediate impacts you observed, the aftermath, stories of local community heroes, community spirit and resilience.

Share your story

Share your story with us to help us understand your Tropical Cyclone Alfred experience.

• Stories of local community heroes, community spirit and resilience.
• Personal experiences of strong winds, water level rises, immediate impacts, evacuations and rescues across the Tweed Shire.
• How residents continue to be affected in the immediate aftermath including access to essential services, food, water, medical supplies, telecommunications, internet and evacuation centres and how residents are helping each other.
• The extent of damage to property, impacts on personal health and wellbeing.

A moment in history

Tweed Shire Council invites contributions of your photos and stories. You retain the copyright in the photos and text you submit. However, by submitting, you agree that the content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence and Tweed Shire Council will be able to re-use the content with attribution to you, the contributor.