The blurred above photograph of part of Townsville's neglected Victory in the Pacific Memorial Fountain erupting like a sperm whale was taken from a bus by our Shipping Reporter on his way to the Townsville Hospital . He was booked for an ultra sound test to see if he should have his right leg removed and replaced with a whalebone stump like Captain Ahab after his encounter with stroppy Moby Dick. The unusual eruption had ceased when the limp falling waterfront roundsman later passed by .