School closures, power outages and public transport cancellations continue to plague families across south-east Queensland. Some residents are trying to keep their spirits up, making the most of a bad situation.
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00:00Books and board games have gotten the roadie Bromanis family through the last four days.
00:08We even completed a game of Monopoly, first in ages.
00:13They lost power last Friday and have been using camp lights, running an extension cord
00:18to the neighbour's house to keep the fridge going.
00:21Every time we feel a little bit like we're a bit bored or a bit going crazy, we've been
00:25just getting back to the novel that we love.
00:27They're not alone. More than 150,000 homes and businesses are still without power across
00:34the South East. Crews are working to restore services. Some on the Gold Coast relieved
00:40to have it back.
00:41I've got a child who's 12, so we've just had no power since late on Friday night. Yeah,
00:48she's been pulling my hair out.
00:49I'm going to go and have a shower. I mean, you can smell me before you see me.
00:54Cupboard shelves remain empty despite efforts from the major chains to restock. That didn't
00:59deter shoppers needing extra supplies.
01:02I've got teenagers, so pretty much they ate everything in my cupboard. I think we ate
01:09a lot of the stuff before the actual cyclone hit.
01:12There's not much of anything, so there's still a little bit of milk left. There's no bread.
01:19Some buses in Brisbane were operating today. Most routes were cancelled.
01:23We lived near the bus stop and we could hear the bus, and so we knew it had started again.
01:29We expect tomorrow to be able to run additional services, obviously subject to weather.
01:34The weather forced more than 700 schools to keep their doors closed. Hundreds were due
01:39to reopen, but for many, a last minute decision was made to stay shut for safety reasons.
01:45If in the morning a principal makes a local decision to close a school because they believe
01:51that something's changed, either it's lost electricity or it's no longer safe to get
01:55there, we'll always back that local principal.
01:58Back on the bayside, while mum Hannah is looking forward to the kids going back to school,
02:04they feel differently.
02:05But I don't want to go back to school. It's boring.