Despite Rupert Murdoch stating P3 girls were a thing of the past in tabloid journalism , this was the P3 photo that went with the weather story in the Townville Bulletin today. Taken on The Strand , it shows Anna DeVault holding up a towel to protect herself from the expected deluge . Girls , often backpackers from overseas , sunning themselves on this beachside venue, regularly feature in Bulletin weather reports.
Our Shipping Reporter, the only one north of Semaphore , suggested a more dramatic P3 photograph would have been his exclusive snap of the shipwreck off shapely Nelly's groyne , Magnetic Island , during the king tide . Another panoramic view of Townsville under clouds , such as the following , he says, would have impressed the paper's readers , probably not those who prefer P3 eye candy photos .
