Meteorologists say the tropical low is still packing a punch in parts of south-east Queensland and northern NSW ahead of the new working week.

The former tropical cyclone lay about 65 kilometers off the coast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane, government forecasters said in a final update. Now without gale-force winds, the storm was slowly moving toward the coast and delivering intense rain before it was expected to cross over the mainland later in the day.

Cyclone Alfred closes in on Australia’s Gold Coast Live from Southport beach on the Gold Coast of Queensland, with Cyclone Alfred expected to make landfall on Saturday. The Australian east coast is already facing wind and rain ahead of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years,