It was bound to happen one day : gnomes have invaded Magnetic Island .There is a line of them on the verandah of a house a short distance from the Little Darwin den , causing the Curlews to glare at the interlopers .
In discussing the line dancing gnomes with their proud owner , this blogger said he knew of a police station in South Australia where the path leading into the building was lined with wee people . This provided an opportunity for anyone unhappy with the gendarmerie to put the boot into a gnome or two on the way out , as in Caddy Shack .
This remark led to the island gnome fan recounting how police used to escort charity bike riders , he one , from Cairns up to Karumba in the Gulf . One officer drove a car in which he had a large Miss Piggy toy, with long blonde hair , on the seat next to him .
WALKERS WARNED
A Townsville City Council sign photographed during heavy rain has gone up on a much used island walkway warning that termites have damaged the wood . It runs from near X-Base up the hill to the track that continues down into the Picnic Bay area .
MY BOOMERANG WON'T COME BACK
While strolling about the Flinders Street old mall area in Townsville , dodging feral gnomes and a mumbling man armed with a peashooter taking wild potshots at cane toads , an unusual , decorated boomerang was espied in a shop . Packaged , it declared it was a genuine Aboriginal product . On turning it over there was Made in Indonesia ... a long way from Uluru .
