Shipping Reporter dispatch from Magnetic Island.
Ahoy , landlubbers ! Climb aboard ! Lots happening here on Townsville's Jewel in the Crown . Interstate visitors being tested for COVID , no mention in mainland media, which needs a regular jab of real journalism and a touch of the cat-o'-nine- tails on a leaking Wikileaks prison hulk in Cleveland Bay .
The heavy rain has filled the area near the ferry terminal known as "The Hole " , recently sold , with plans to turn it into the major development that was supposed to happen there many moons ago, but did not . Work had started cleaning up the site. Now it is full of water ,below, birds using it to train for the Tokyo Olympics.
The fact that it bucketed down on the island is evident in the following photograph of a hungry Curlew, tired of the splish ,splash, splosh sound of rainwater off the roof dropping into many buckets.
An advertisement which appeared in the Australian Financial Review calling for expressions of interest in major development of the area at Nelly Bay known as the Pope's land , owned by the Catholic church, is currently being shown about the island . Appears not to have grabbed the attention of the mainland media . Many other newsworthy and offbeat items being worked on , including the incredible following story.
