a couple of hours prior to landfall. The small cyclone left severe structural damage in Eco Beach tourist resort, Yardoogarra and Thangoo Stations. Elsewhere there was considerable tree and powerline damage. Other systems On 2 December, TCWC Brisbane reported that a tropical low had developed within a monsoonal trough about to the north of Cook Town. During that day the low moved eastwards while weakening, before TCWC Brisbane issued the final bulletin on the low early the next day. On 10 January, a tropical low developed to the northwest of Cairns. It moved to the southeast before it was last noted, the next day. On 19 February, a weak tropical low formed about 225 km to the east-southeast of Townsville. It became stationary until it was last seen on the same day. There is a possibility that Steve formed from the remnant of this low. A tropical low was seen beginning to form, while located over the Solomon Sea on 14 March. It moved to the southeast before it was last noted while dissipating on 16 March, to the north of Townsville. On 26 April, a tropical low was detected to the west of Cooktown. It moved to the west, before turning north and to the east, until it entered the South Pacific basin on 31 April. It meandered on the basin, before reentering the Australian basin on 2 May. It accelerated to the west until it was last noted near Mackay on the same day. It also possessed gale-force winds; however, like the low that formed two days later, it wasn't named. The last system of the season formed on 20 May as a tropical low to the south of the Solomon Islands. It was last seen on 23 May as it entered the South Pacific basin. Seasonal effects |- | TL || 2–3 December || bgcolor=#|Tropical Low || bgcolor=#|Not specified || bgcolor=#| || Cape York || None || None || |- | Ilsa || 9–17 December ||bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Western Australia || || || |- | John || 9–16 December ||bgcolor=#|Category 5 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Pilbara, Western Australia || || || |- | TL || 21–23 January || bgcolor=#|Tropical Low || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || || || || |- | Kirrily || || bgcolor=#|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || None || || || |- | Leon