An angry , much travelled American tourist, who is hooked on fountains, has suggested that Townsville , North Queensland, should be renamed Wally World .
He made this suggestion after discovering that the fountain marking the centenary of Queensland breaking away from New South Wales was not working , no sign explaining the shut down . Also not working was the nearby hand touch information pedestal .
" I , like any other tourist , would like to have seen the fountain ejaculating ", frustrated globetrotter , Rusty Griswold , told a Little Darwin reporter in the Anzac Memorial Park . Griswold said he had brought his family to see the Australian tropics before the Great Barrier Reef is completely cooked and the rainforests clear felled .
A fan of fountains, with hundreds of photographs of them , Griswold was once arrested by the water police when he refused to come out of the famous Trevi Fountain in Italy.
Queensland severing its connection with New South Wales must have been a momentous event like the famous Boston Tea Party , declared Griswold .
Queensland severing its connection with New South Wales must have been a momentous event like the famous Boston Tea Party , declared Griswold .
Finding the historic Townsville fountain closed down , he explained , had brought back bad memories of the time he drove his family across America one Christmas to see Wally World, with several small fountains , and was so shocked to find it closed , a SWAT Squad had to be called to calm him down .
While Griswold was expressing his dissatisfaction about the Townsville fountain , an injured Peewee, above , alighted on the defunct water attraction , hopped along the stonework on one leg , then flew onto the grass . Our reporter admitted he had the mad desire to tell Griswold the bird was a Wedge-tailed Eagle. At first , Griswold wanted to wade into the slimy green water and try and catch the bird , apply Obama Aid medical treatment. . But then he thought the local police might suddenly arrive on the scene , drag him out feet first and beat him , like they had in Italy.
Griswold wanted to know if all the mushrooms growing about the fountain were magic or kosher .
News Tip for Local Media
Why is the fountain not working and in such a grotty state ?
News Tip for Local Media
Why is the fountain not working and in such a grotty state ?
