Friday, June 21, 2019

FOUNTAINS OF STREWTH

Shipping Reporter launches another  asdic  attack  on  slack authorities in submerged  garrison city  


A fortnight after Little Darwin exclusively revealed that the Victory in the  Pacific  fountain in the Railway Oval  was  still   being neglected , a  discarded franger  nearby, the  unsightly object , apparently poked by a  stick   at  some stage, was  still  there . And  in the bottom chamber of the  wonky fountain  was  a pamphlet with  the  message to  get  it ON ...a safe sex message  , perhaps?  
 No - a guide  to Townsville events during the month of June, sporting an ugly looking  dog , together with sticks,  leaves, a straw , etc. It is monotonous  to repeat  that  the  fountain is on Townsville's Civic Pride Trail , but  it shows repeatedly   that local  authorities  cannot  get   their   act  together and  look after  these  sites .     
 
On the same day , down at the Anzac Memorial Park , the fountain  commemorating   the centenary of  Queensland  breaking away from  the  convict colony of New South Wales ,which over   the weekend  had been included  in the  interesting Heritage Day event  ,  was not working ,  the  water  slimy looking  ,  a  plastic bottle   floating ,  pieces   of   nearby trees on the bottom , missing  tiles  in  places. Leaves  scatted all the way  to and around  the Battle for the Coral Sea memorial .