In pictures: Alfred delivers wild winds and torrential rain

Alfred has made landfall, unleashing destructive winds and torrential rain. See the images in our gallery below.

Alfred has made landfall, unleashing destructive winds and torrential rain.

North-east NSW is battling major flooding around the Tweed, Wilson, Richmond, Clarence and the Bellingen rivers, while strong winds batter the coast in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

See how the situation is unfolding across northern NSW and south-east Queensland below:

A young boy and girl look at an uprooted tree in front of the Miami Beach Surf Lifesaving Club on the Gold Coast. Picture: David Gray/ AFP

Morning walkers at Mooloolaba as the weather deteriorates as ex-tropical cyclone Alfred crosses the coast. Picture Lachie Millard

Grace Mulholland and Sanji Clarkso battling strong winds at the Brunswick Heads. Picture: Rohan Kelly

A boy taking advantage of the wet weather and sliding down a mud hill in the suburb of Upper Kedron in Brisbane on Saturday. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

Flooding around the Lismore region. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

A girl taking advantage of the wet weather and sliding down a mud hill in the suburb of Upper Kedron in Brisbane on Saturday. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

A lifeguard tower is surrounded by water on Main Beach, Gold Coast that has been damaged by record-breaking waves caused by the outer fringe of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. Picture: Dave Gray / AFP

Trees are down across Toowoomba as massive gusts hit Toowoomba.

A cyclist takes in Lismore under floodwaters. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Residents take in Lismore under floodwaters. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith.

Flood waters around Lismore and surrounds. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith.

A fallen tree blocks Roma Street in the Brisbane city centre. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

Flood waters around Lismore and surrounds. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Australian military deployed to aid northern NSW communities impacted by ex-cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Flood waters lapping this Lismore Rugby Club sign. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

The outskirts of Lismore under floodwaters. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Young men stand behind a wall as they play in record-breaking waves at Coolangatta. Picture: David Gray

Water across Ewingsdale Road, the main road into Byron Bay. Picture: Rohan Kelly

This brown tree snake, seen inside a home at Byron Bay, was posted by an anonymous user on the Snakes Identification Australia page with the caption: "Hi this has crawled up on a friend's chair to avoid the weather in Byron Bay."

Lismore and surrounds under floodwaters ahead of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Rose Hand, 75, Francis Hand, 71 at their Lismore Home that overlooks the Wilsons River ahead of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Tanner Muir and his mates take advantage of a break in the weather as the city prepares for the expected deluge from Cyclone Alfred. Picture: NewsWire/Glenn Campbell

Lismore city centre and surrounds under floodwaters ahead of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Lismore city centre and surrounds under floodwaters ahead of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

Lismore city centre and surrounds under floodwaters ahead of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: Matrix/ Nathan Smith

People walk out on the Brunswick Heads break wall and lean into the wind on Friday, as the Far North Coast continues to cop a battering. Picture: Rohan Kelly

After a wild night, Byron locals have woken to flooded roads and downed power lines at Ewingsdale Road. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Power lines are down on Cavvanbah Street in Byron Bay on Friday morning. Picture: Rohan Kelly

In Ballina, locals overnight had to come to terms with this slippery customer:

Yasmine Newlands, 7, braves the storm on Friday morning at Main Beach at Byron Bay. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Childe Street at Byron’s Belongil Beach went under overnight. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Lismore’s CBD is deserted on Friday morning, with shopfronts sandbagged ahead of predicted flooding amid fears the city’s levee will be breached. Picture Remy Varga

At the Wake Up Byron Bay hostel at Belongil residents woke up to a flooded volleyball court. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Meanwhile in Queensland ... A lifeguard post and a collapsed tree on the eroded beach shore on at the Southport spit on the Gold Coast. Picture: Getty Images

Trees threaten powerlines in the Byron Bay hinterland after heavy rain on Thursday night. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

A single-car accident on the M1 in the Byron Bay hinterland. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Erosion and rough seas at Currumbin on the Gold Coast. Picture: Adam Head

Childers Street at Belongil under water on Friday morning. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Massive waves smash Coolangatta on the NSW-Qld border. Picture: AFP

Members of the public run for shelter during a torrential downpour on the Gold Coast ahead of the expected arrival of Cyclone Alfred. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Surfers pictured at Main Beach in Byron Bay as people gather on the beach to watch on. Picture: Rohan Kelly

A row of sandbags cover the front of a shop in the town of Lismore. Picture: David Gray/AFP)

NSW Premier Chris Minns in Lismore on Wednesday. Picture: Chris Minns/Facebook.

Residents watch massive waves stirred by tropical cyclone Alfred at Byron Bay's Main Beach Picture: David Gray/AFP

Residents take a morning walk as massive waves, stirred by tropical cyclone Alfred, crash against the North Wall in Ballina Picture: David Gray/AFP

A resident watches massive waves stirred by tropical cyclone Alfred at Byron Bay's Main Beach. Picture: AFP

A totalled car at Ocean Shores in Northern NSW. Picture: Elisha Sophia

The scene on Pacific Parade, Lennox Head, as residents prepare for the cyclone to make landfall. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

7 Mile Beach at Lennox Head is churned up. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Party in the back of an SUV at Main Beach, Byron Bay. Getting one last surf in before Cyclone Alfred hits on Saturday. Picture: Rohan Kelly

The scene at the Brunswick River mouth – the SES has warned people of deteriorating conditions. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Originally published as In pictures: Alfred delivers wild winds and torrential rain