Just before St Patrick's Day , our veteran wandering S(h)ipping Reporter , the only one north of volcanic White Island , reluctantly left Molly Malone's Irish Pub for a mock Commonwealth Games baton run on the Townsville waterfront and stumbled across this pair of abandoned green boots near a coconut tree , not far from the ferry terminal .
It made him utter another salty oath when during his four minute mile gallop he discovered the Victory in the Pacific Memorial Fountain again had rubbish in it , including cans , bits of paper , a plastic spoon , leaking . The nearby bus shelter , recently cleaned up due to the combined action of Admiral Harry Harris and Little Darwin , had new graffiti on it and cans scattered about . Rubbish bin clearly needed there plus the Queen City of the North , with some residents suffering from an obvious shoe fetish like Imelda Marcos , is ripe for production of a Mad Mad Mad Magazine .
