WeatherReady QLDVeteran-owned preparednessVeteran-owned. Cairns-based.
Robert Keegan leads cyclone and severe-weather preparedness at Cairns Airport and sits with the city's disaster management groups. WeatherReady QLD brings that experience to your front gate.
After every season Robert saw the same pattern: good general advice, well-meaning households, and a gap between the two that only closed once someone walked the property and said what to do first.
WeatherReady QLD exists to close that gap — practical guidance, a written plan, and a standard of preparation Queensland families deserve.
Strong communities are built before disasters happen.
Our goal isn't to hand over a report — it's to educate, empower and support people so they have confidence when severe weather arrives.
— Robert Keegan, founderSomeone on site, looking at your specific vulnerabilities — not a checklist filled out alone at the kitchen table.
General guidance turned into specific next steps for your own property — written down and yours to keep.
We don't sell the fix, so there's no reason to tell you anything but what matters first.
Based in Cairns, working with households and businesses across Far North Queensland.
Two decades in emergency management — from RAAF recovery operations to leading cyclone readiness at Cairns Airport.
Leads cyclone and severe weather preparedness, pre-season readiness and operational response. Coordinated the cyclone response and recovery for Cairns Airport and the wider community during TC Jasper and the Cairns flooding event, 2023.
Multi-agency emergency response coordination and regulatory compliance (CASA/ICAO) in a complex, regulated environment.
Represents Cairns Airport on the Cairns LDMG and DDMG — a decade of standing at the table where the region’s disaster response is actually coordinated.
11 years of service. Led recovery teams in the Fernvale area of Queensland during the community recovery operation following the 2011 Brisbane River flooding. Deployed operationally on multiple occasions, domestically and to the Middle East.
Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (delivers the staff preparedness training in Small Business Ready and Enterprise Ready) · current First Aid/CPR · Fire Safety Adviser Licence.
Walkthroughs book out once a system forms in the Coral Sea. Get your property ready while the sky is clear.