 The system was subsequently considered to have peaked as a Category 2 tropical cyclone on 31 December , with 10 @-@ minute sustained winds estimated at 110 km / h ( 70 mph ) by the BoM . Several hours later , the system made landfall between <unk> and the Edward River mission , Queensland , at around 20 : 00 ( Australian Eastern Standard Time , 11 : 00 UTC ) . As Peter made landfall during 31 December winds of 120 km / h ( 75 mph ) , were reported from both Fitzroy Island and the Edward River mission weather stations . Over the next couple of days the system gradually weakened over land , before it emerged into the Coral Sea near Cooktown , Queensland , on 1 January . The system subsequently weakened below tropical cyclone intensity and became a tropical low during 2 January . The system was last noted on the following day as it degenerated into a complex low pressure system and moved back over the Cape York Peninsula . The complex low subsequently moved westwards over the Peninsula and into the Gulf , where it developed into Tropical Cyclone Greta . 
