ESCAPE TO THE TROPICS

Shivering southerners have a long history of heading to  North Queensland in winter months  to thaw out, which will be covered  in another superb exhibition at the Magnetic Island  Museum, Picnic Bay , to be officially launched  Saturday , April 2 , at 2pm. Included in the many  souvenirs  will be items  related  to the Adelaide Steamship Company coastal passenger liner , MV Manoora ,which  brought  hordes of tourists  north , some  going  to  nearby  Palm  Island .  

The  tropics were reflected in  this  studio photograph of an  Adelaide  baby boy in a  giant clamshell .