Vital question posed by Shipping Reporter after inspecting Townsville in the grip of wild festive season shopping and receiving a late night alert for him not to shower because the city and Magnetic Island water supply has ruptured , a major ongoing "emergency " which only rated seven paragraphs in a single column Townsville Bulletin P4 report .
The day had started with proof that the local media is still treading water by failing to pick up the in-depth story behind the latest yacht that has sunk in the Duck Pond, its mast visible , on the left in the photo below . Basic questions to ask : how did it happen; what is its name; who is the owner; its value; what are the plans for salvage ; how many yachts have taken a dive in that area during the past year, two years ,etc.
Our waterfront roundsman provided the following exclusive and startling photograph of a terrible one eyed sea monster which he says is responsible for attacking - like Jaws - and sinking so many yachts in Townsville waters. Furthermore, he advanced the preposterous theory that the creature is also responsible for the explosion of the pipe near Townsville's major water treatment plant , the city's dam already at a low level, causing the no-tubbing order throughout the sweaty north , turning it into undesirable , bewhiskered B.O. Plenty territory .
