Tropical cyclone Gita was formed in the South Pacific Ocean wreaking havoc across Tonga which brought widespread damage to the Kingdom and generated damaging winds for Fiji and Samoa before heading further West close to Australia and then SSE towards New Zealand.
Knowing that every man and his dog would be documenting the Superbank, Snapper rocks and Kirra I thought I'd go out on a limb and head to Burleigh heads for first light.