After receiving medical advice that she has six months to live, a woman who has for many years photographed the natural beauty of Magnetic Island , promoted it overseas and helped to protect the flora and fauna was appalled to see the Townsville City Council has placed the above sign for walking tracks at the Alma Bay parking area . She said it blocks the pleasant view , detracts from the beauty of the place and gives the impression that it is Townsville, not Magnetic Island .
The beach at Alma Bay was popular with the late author, historian, anthropologist and academic , Inga Clendinnen , and her philosopher husband , John , when they came to the island to escape Melbourne's winter .
The beach at Alma Bay was popular with the late author, historian, anthropologist and academic , Inga Clendinnen , and her philosopher husband , John , when they came to the island to escape Melbourne's winter .
If the council was intent on erecting the ill considered sign at Alma , it could have been used to cover part of the larger , rusting billboard directly opposite , which had been constructed to promote a proposed town house project that failed to eventuate a decade or so ago , wires hanging down .
The ill fated Welcome to Magnetic Island banners near the island ferry terminal have been replaced with new ones welcoming visitors to Townsville, puzzling for exhausted Irish backpackers , befuddled grey nomads and passengers off cruise ships who think they are visiting Magnetic Island .
The ill fated Welcome to Magnetic Island banners near the island ferry terminal have been replaced with new ones welcoming visitors to Townsville, puzzling for exhausted Irish backpackers , befuddled grey nomads and passengers off cruise ships who think they are visiting Magnetic Island .
