Boatmen and women looked on in disbelief on Wednesday morning as they surveyed the damage at Shute Harbour at Airlie Beach, the country’s second biggest ferry terminal.
Piers have been destroyed and pushed up onto the bank, while sails attached to the main building have been torn to shreds.
Boat owner James Wighton says he’s never seen such “devastation”.
“This is millions of dollars worth of infrastructure,” he told AAP.
Mr Wighton also woke to the news that his uninsured trimaran was destroyed by the category 4 cyclone as it lashed the north Queensland coast on Tuesday.
“Mine is still on its mooring. But it’s upside down,” he said.
Mr Wighton flew from the Sunshine Coast to moor his boat, which he has kept at Shute Harbour for the past 11 years.
Source: Whitsundays gateway marina smashed | Perth Now
