4pm Thurs 19th: Get home from work after hearing all day that TC Marcia is heading to Gladstone... 5pm: It's 150km east & tracking straight for us. Category 4 (that'll be adios shed then). Cyclone prep in full swing. Bikes, car, spare fuel, food, water, etc down in the garage, surrounded by concrete walls & hardwood floor above (we'll ride it out here)... 7pm: 100km east & still coming straight at us but almost stationary, some strong wind gusts but nothing damaging... 9pm: Dead calm, no rain. As per the BoM predicted course, TC Marcia starts tracking south, disaster averted... better get to bed, it's still another work day tomorrow. To all those members who were effected by TC Marcia - we feel your pain & count our blessings.