The hydrographic survey vessel Norfolk has been making runs in and out of Magnetic Island and into Townsville, without any media coverage , according to the Shipping Reporter, the only one north of the iconic Bondi sewerage outfall .
Also without media mention or use of action photos from the sleepy mainland is the regular restoration of the Nelly Bay foreshore on Magnetic Island ,which looks like some ancient South American civilisation or a setting for the sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark .