[6] The system continued to move eastward across the Cape York Peninsula and into the Coral Sea, even as the storm weakened, until Grant underwent an extratropical transition on 2 January 2012.

[9] The system crossed Van Diemen Gulf and made a second landfall east of Point Stuart in the early morning of 26 December.

[16] Flooding associated with the system in the Katherine area cut off the Stuart Highway, washed cars off bridges and derailed a train.

[17] One week after the cyclone had passed freight companies were poised to raise transportation costs as shipping to Darwin would need to be done by road.

[20] A cyclone watch was issued for Queensland for coastal areas from Thursday Island to Gilbert River Mouth[20] but was later cancelled when the system did not re-intensify to Category 1 strength.