The voluptuous vehicle carrier Cassiopeia Leader docked in Townsville and , once again , the landlubber media did not notice her arrival . In Greek mythology Cassiopeia was an arrogant and vain queen who believed she and her daughter, Andromeda, were the most beautiful women in the kingdom .
For some strange reason , this upset the god of the sea, Poseidon ,who threatened all kinds of disasters, including flooding .
A wise old ( kinky ? ) oracle , who could get a job on 2GB today promoting the use of hessian bags , said the only way to prevent a major attack on the kingdom was to chain lovely Andromeda to a rock so that a sea monster could swim up and devour her.
While poor Andromeda was indeed chained to a rock , things did not work out as planned . She was rescued by a bloke she married . And Poseidon punished Cassiopeia by chaining her to a chair in the heavens , a chair representing an instrument of torture .
The Second Century astronomer Ptolemy perpetuated the yarn by naming one of 48 constellations after Cassiopeia . This gripping maritime report , by our star Shipping Reporter , again clearly illustrates the many colourful stories that go begging in Townsville's Ghost Fleet .
