Sisters take front row seats as cyclone approaches

Sisters Jann Simpson and Judy Ringer have battened down the hatches for Tropical Cyclone Alfred. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Jann Simpson is a seasoned north Queenslander so cyclones below a category four are of little concern.

But her sister Judy Ringer feels nervous as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches the southeast Queensland coast as a category two system.