Meet
daredevil Allied Rock Wallaby , Leaping Lena ,
who can cover
“four meters” (sic) in a
single bound, according
to a Google
fact sheet . She
gets a lot of
practice at long distance jumping
on Magnetic
Island , North Queensland , because
so many of the
glowing real
estate blurbs describe
properties as being only
“ meters” from a desirable beach. In some
instances , it can be 100 meters
from the briney. It
is Lena’s ambition
to make the 100 meter
leap with their attendant horde of parking ticket inspectors so that she can
represent Australia in the hop, step and jump event at the Rio Olympic
Games . There seem to be more meters on the island than in gridlocked
capital city central
business
districts.
Part of the information in the
interpretative
signs
on the spectacular $5.5million Gabul
Way on the island JUMPS
OUT AT YOU when
it talks
about Lena and her
cute mates . It states
Allied
Rock Wallabies have
the ability to
scale rock faces
in leaps that appear
to defy gravity , due to their broad feet and CYLINDRICAL
TRAIL (sic ) . However,
the Google Kangaroo Trail Fact
Sheet also mentions the same gravity
defying leaps of the wallabies –which it attributes to adaptions to the feet and TAIL, the latter acting as a counterbalance and rudder in
rapid hopping , allowing changes
of direction in mid-air. The
island signage bears the logos
of the Australian Government and the Townsville City Council
, members of which should
know the
difference between a TRAIL
and their TAIL.
HOLLYWOOD
HOT
GOS : The next Superman
movie will be
shot in
North Queensland next year and include
a Magnetic
Island rock wallaby
able to clear an iconic
outback
red brick dunny in one gravity defying
leap , while the terrified
occupant is adapting
one of News Corporation’s
products for use
on his tail .