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In the sensational NRL premiership match in Sydney, it was twice stated on television that the Cowboys unstoppable co-captain, Johnathan Thurston, seen here, bleeding , battered , stunned ,exhausted and jubilant, goes to Magnetic Island for rest and resuscitation.
It is fact that some strange force on the island , off Townsville , caused the compass of daring South Pacific explorer Captain James Cook to go haywire, so he named it Magnetical Island .
That powerful energy obviously recharges Thurston's batteries (no need to call the race stewards to examine his CWA knitted tea cosy headgear ) during the long, tough football season in which he is crash tackled, targeted , smashed, thumped , dumped , bashed , jumped on , hit by an Exocet missile to use a few terms used by civilised sports writers and commentators.
No doubt Townsville will cash in on the television mention of Magnetic Island as Thurston's R and R retreat , dump the idea of a super stadium in the city , and turn the island into a trendy health resort like Bath, in England , its restorative mineral springs originally used by Roman legionnaires to get relief after endless battles with the Picts, Scots, Angle-Saxons , Celts and the fierce , ugly , woad - painted Broncos .
Magnetic Musical Note : The odd flugelhorn figure made by builder Territory Gaffney and wife, Lauris, which figured in this blog, won the People's Choice section on Magnetic Island.
Magnetic Musical Note : The odd flugelhorn figure made by builder Territory Gaffney and wife, Lauris, which figured in this blog, won the People's Choice section on Magnetic Island.
