Here is a slideshow that got emailed to me. It is 2MB, so save it to your hard drive if you are given the option.

http://www.ozpolitic.com/articles/newcastle-storm-ozpoliticdotcom.pps

A thread I started about refloating the pasha bulker:

http://ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1181811806

I just had a look at the slide show - they were dramatic pictures.  According to the news we are in for it again tonight - very scary as it has to pass through the Central Coast to get to Newcastle.  I've just been outside trying to clear the verandah and it's predicted to hit us about midnight with winds up to 125 kph. They are talking about waves at the local beaches reaching 5 or 6 metres so we are in for a horrible night.

In this morning's wind there were 2 huge trees that had come down, up the road, so I'm hoping I don't lose any here (or my roof for that matter).

My street escaped reasonably well last week, so hopefully we'll get the same protection tonight.