Thursday, November 16, 2017

GRAND THEFT AUTO ON TOWNSVILLE WATERFRONT

S(h)ipping  Reporter once more  steals  pole  position  over local   media  clunkers.
 Without   any  media coverage , the  large  vehicle carrier  Green Bay, 199metres long , flying  the American flag (itself an unusual event)  ,  arrived in Townsville    and disgorged a large number of  cars  which would have made a  dramatic  overall   photograph  from on high.
 Another  ship of interest in port at the same time was  the strangely  named Panamanian registered   bulk carrier  Sunlight Lily ,180metres long. And, just across the waters at  Magnetic Island, the extensive , large   Welcome to  Magnetic Island    wall  adjacent to the busy   ferry terminal   was  still  flapping , ripping  and rolling  about , without  the  media noticing  and nobody   in  the island and mainland   tourist  industry  responding .  Ah Townsville , striving to become  a  great  hub ... like  Wally  World. 
 
Then Santa ditched his  sleigh , let his reindeers go loose ,  and   bounced across the waves  to Magnetic Island in a military landing craft  for a Christmas party  at  Alma  Bay  without the  local  media  border  watch   team  picking it up on their  steam  driven  radar  .