The icy conditions gripping parts of Australia forced this freezing and exhausted mermaid to emerge from the sea to sun herself on rocks at Magnetic Island , resulting in an alert to mariners.
Our rugged up Shipping Reporter , the only one north of Bondi , spoke to the shivering mermaid , who said she had come all the way from Tasmania hoping to find warmer conditions in the tropics . Alas, it was not much warmer in North Queensland . She denied that she was covered in goosebumps as she is a mermaid , not a goose . A gallon of Thin Lizzy applied with a paint roller would hide the chillblains , she added.
The mermaid said she had deliberately not gone ashore in Townsville at The Strand because she did not want to end up as a P3 weather girl in the Townsville Bulletin .
The Little Darwin P3 weather report for Townsville includes the above photo of snow on the ranges and low cloud that will linger over the coming two days . In addition , a viewer sent in the following photograph of what is claimed to be ice floating on the surface of the Magnetic Island safe harbour . Coast Watch has warned the cruise ship Titanic to beware of icebergs in the Coral Sea .
A certain photographer who is obsessed with seagulls sent the following shot saying it was a smart gull sheltering from the wet, cold weather in the Magnetic Island ferry terminal , the clouds in the background looking like snow .What he did not pick up was the mermaid on the rocks, seen with the aid of a magnifying glass .
