The category-three cyclone, which is currently north of New Caledonia, could cause increased surf, wind and rainfall as early as Thursday.
Energy companies are still working restore power to more than 40,000 homes and businesses after the weekend's devastating storms.The Bureau of Meteorology said it was continuing to assess the impact of the cyclone, which would not make landfall but could produce surf as high as 5 metres on Friday, which could be a concern for coastal erosion.
"Even if it has weakened, it is still likely to bring us some pretty big surf at the weekend — that's one thing we can be sure of," she said.
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