Without any media coverage , the large vehicle carrier Green Bay, 199metres long , flying the American flag (itself an unusual event) , arrived in Townsville and disgorged a large number of cars which would have made a dramatic overall photograph from on high.
Another ship of interest in port at the same time was the strangely named Panamanian registered bulk carrier Sunlight Lily ,180metres long. And, just across the waters at Magnetic Island, the extensive , large Welcome to Magnetic Island wall adjacent to the busy ferry terminal was still flapping , ripping and rolling about , without the media noticing and nobody in the island and mainland tourist industry responding . Ah Townsville , striving to become a great hub ... like Wally World.
Then Santa ditched his sleigh , let his reindeers go loose , and bounced across the waves to Magnetic Island in a military landing craft for a Christmas party at Alma Bay without the local media border watch team picking it up on their steam driven radar .
