Man set alight clearing up cyclone debris

"Tablelands Mayor Tom Gilmore says he agrees more help is needed to clean inland properties damaged by Cyclone Yasi.

Mr Gilmore says he understands why help has been focused on areas closer to the coast, but it is needed in inland as well.

He says thousands of kilometres of fencing is down across the region.

"It was still a category three cyclone when it was 100 kilometres inland, so there was enormous damage to cattle yards, to fences, that sort of stuff," he said. "