Council workers had a big task cleaning up after a violent electrical storm swept through Townsville and Magnetic Island on Monday night. Out and about after the blow, our Shipping Reporter photographed damage to trees (top) in the Anzac Memorial Park and surrounds. Some of the litter in the Coral Sea Battle Memorial area is visible above . Still evident after weeks , was broken glass under the anchor off the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea , marking the 50th anniversary of the battle , presented to the city by America ,fallen palm fronds nearby .
Unfortunately ,the extensive lightning and ground shaking thunder did not cause the prominent drunken CBD clocks to start ticking . It was noticed , however, that the Adani mining company sign atop a high city building , had been replaced by its new company name , Bravus, without the media apparently noticing .
There were massive cloud formations over Cleveland Bay , providing dramatic backdrops to the port and the CBD , naturally captured by our drifting waterfront roundsman .
Townville's sugar shaker building (above ) seemed to be spilling over due to the massive cloud build up out at sea .
