Shipping Reporter stunning exclusive
Our waterfront roundsman thought he had been drinking too much ship's ration when he came upon a spectacularly painted van named after a l939 Thursday Island pearling lugger, caravan attached , above, with a built on roof, parked and locked, on Magnetic Island , not far from the ferry terminal .
The other side portrayed pearling scenes and the Coral Sea .Visible on the dashboard of the van, below , was a long rope of imitation pearls, a ship in a tiny bottle, seashells , pieces of coral , carved items . It also carried a message to save the Great Barrier Reef .
Featuring Scuppers the Seagoose, there was also a plea to project birdlife in the area on the other side , together with an associated poem .
Through a window , the prying Shipping Reporter , the only one north of the nuns' private swimming pool , Coogee, Sydney , spotted a photograph of Lugger HB the day it was thought to have been launched in 1939, at Thursday Island , snapped by Constable Vallis Moore Barlow . During the war, based at TI , it served in the Second Australian Water Transport Company .
The message on the rear of the caravan-CURIOSITIES- is a slight indication of what is ahead.
