A much photographed item near the ferry terminal on Magnetic Island is the above tall directory to capital cities of the world , installed by the Rotary Club. In recent days there was an addition to cities of note : Hobart , Tasmania . Attached to the pole , on a piece of cardboard, an artistic , anonymous person drew an arrow erroneously claiming to point towards the Apple Isle, a yacht under sail, with the message : HOBART. Around 2000 sea miles or 3700km. Oh God. There is speculation that a yachtie, a Taswegian , who came to the island for the recent annual yachting races was responsible for the misleading , devilish Tasmanian add on. Days later, the sign is still there, but the wind is pointing Hobart towards the North Pole.
FOOTNOTE : As a ferry bearing our S(h)ipping Reporter neared the wharf in Townsville , he noticed a cluster of balloons floating on the surface . Strange . On landing , he set off to walk along The Strand, a popular entertainment area, to a birthday party for a one year old great grandchild . While wolfing down the chips , snags and cup cakes , he was told that some of the party decorations -balloons -had blown away earlier in the day . Those were the ones floating in the breakwater . Spotted in the colourful cavalcade of humanity and canines enjoying the waterfront area were some guys dressed as pirates , one with a hook , several sausage dogs , a Unicorn , a beaut remote control car .
FOOTNOTE : As a ferry bearing our S(h)ipping Reporter neared the wharf in Townsville , he noticed a cluster of balloons floating on the surface . Strange . On landing , he set off to walk along The Strand, a popular entertainment area, to a birthday party for a one year old great grandchild . While wolfing down the chips , snags and cup cakes , he was told that some of the party decorations -balloons -had blown away earlier in the day . Those were the ones floating in the breakwater . Spotted in the colourful cavalcade of humanity and canines enjoying the waterfront area were some guys dressed as pirates , one with a hook , several sausage dogs , a Unicorn , a beaut remote control car .
