The golden shores that attract millions of visitors every year to the southeast corner of Queensland have been left battered and bruised at the hands of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

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Surfers around the country are rushing to Gold Coast beaches to catch once-in-a-lifetime swells generated by strong winds from Cyclone Alfred.

Locals in both cities were hungry to stay in the water – but while the Gold Coast woke up to damage on Saturday, for the Sunshine Coast, the biggest risk was yet to come.