Even though tied up just across the way from the P&O cruise ship Pacific Aria,the large vehicle carrier Cepheus Leader went unnoticed by the Townsville media . Of course , the cruise ship did get a mention by the media because of the cargo cult mentality evident in so much of North Queensland reporting. Our S(h)ipping Reporter, the only one north of Streaky Bay , who regards much of Queensland's media scene as a Greek tragedy , pointed out that the car carrier derived its name from Greek mythology . Cepheous , king of Aethiopian , not only had a good looking , vain wife, but a stunning daughter , Andromeda .
So beautiful was the daughter that some uglies of the day , the Nererds , often regarded as the Nationals , were mighty envious of her , especially sea nymphs and Poseidon, god of the sea , who unleashed a watery like plague upon Aethiopian . An oracle was consulted by Cepheous who came up with what on reflection could be regarded as a Liberal Party devastating solution . Obviously a misogynist , the oracle said flooding would not stop until poor Andromeda was tied to a rock and offered to a monster called Cetus .
According to our learned waterfront roundsman , also an oracle-like person who often is heard mutter hard to understand sayings close to closing time at Molly Malone's Irish Pub , such as the growing North Australia media plague will not end until a whole host of shock jocks, a media magnate, the Moppet brigade and Skynews are chained to rocks at Luna Park and devoured by ravenous Hunter S. Thompson gila monsters.
Meanwhile, back at the seaside, where Andromeda is about to be devoured by a sea monster . Perseus happened to be flying by with a trophy - the head of Medusa , who turns all who gaze upon her into stone - when he sights the poor damsel , nearly naked , according to a famous painting , and is smitten by her beauty . The legend becomes a bit uncertain because it is claimed Perseus impaled Cetus with a sword or sickle ( a Commo ?) , or else gave it a peek at Medusa's bloody head and the vile creature turned into stone .
A cargo ship of interest in port that the S(h)ipping Reporter recorded in his notebook was Prudencia , she regarded as the allegorical female personification of virtue , included on the decorations of the tomb of no less a person than Pope Clement ll. Another troublesome German , he did away with simony , the buying and selling of ecclesiastical privileges . It is not certain if he was murdered or died from lead sugar used as medicine .There are a thousand untold stories floating about the Townsville waterfront.
A cargo ship of interest in port that the S(h)ipping Reporter recorded in his notebook was Prudencia , she regarded as the allegorical female personification of virtue , included on the decorations of the tomb of no less a person than Pope Clement ll. Another troublesome German , he did away with simony , the buying and selling of ecclesiastical privileges . It is not certain if he was murdered or died from lead sugar used as medicine .There are a thousand untold stories floating about the Townsville waterfront.
