I just lost interest...did not realise it could be in the path of a cyclone....regardless if it only happens every 20 years or so.... .................................................. HERVEY Bay residents will be urged to leave town as Cyclone Hamish bears down in Queensland, following a similar path to the cyclone that flooded Brisbane in 1974.
About 10,000 residents from a low-lying "danger zone" between Burrum Heads and River Heads will be told today to get out and bunker down with friends and family before local roads are cut.
But they're not the only Queenslanders being urged to take precautions against Hamish.
The category-four cyclone is following a similar path to Cyclone Wanda, which weaved down the coast and speared inland before dumping the rain which caused the devastating 1974 floods in Brisbane.
Last night, the weather bureau estimated Hamish was on track to cross the mainland tonight near Hervey Bay, about 300km north of Brisbane.
