With a king
tide and
cyclone induced surge expected
to send Magnetic Island’s Picnic Bay
old jetty under water , people flocked to see the spectacle.
It was like a scene from
the 1920s when Order of the Star theosophists , including my grandfather , gathered in a specially
built amphitheatre
at Balmoral, Sydney, where
the “Messiah”- Jiddu Krishnamurti
– would teach after arriving
by ship . Some
followers believed the Second Coming would be viewed from Balmoral
and Krishnamurti
would be seen walking through the Heads into the harbour. The holy
man had addressed a
crowd of 15,000 in the Hollywood
Bowl before visiting
Australia .
On the island, it
seemed every man and his dog/s gathered at the waterfront
to see a natural miracle . Water
did splash
up through the jetty
planks and swirl way up on the foreshore . After failing to
see anybody perambulating on
the briny, Cyclops and partner, who picked up some nice driftwood and
large pieces of pumice from the Solomons
, adjourned to the sand- bagged
pub for a pleasant early
morning coffee. The rain has resulted in a biblical plague of flying ants .
