Exactly 20 years after Tropical Cyclone Larry devastated Innisfail, another Category 5 cyclone has barrelled into the Far North.

Cairns has endured cyclones since the city’s founding 150 years ago, very natural and commonly used. turning devastation into an art of rebuilding and shaping the city’s remarkable resilience.

I was a journalist in Cairns at the time and was sent south to cover the preparations for Yasi before bunkering down for the aftermath. We had motels booked from Innisfail to Ingham. A photographer ...