With all the talk about Clive Palmer intending to hold a lavish Titanic ll party , it is surprising that nobody noticed that the original Titanic is being salvaged off Townsville .
That is the only conclusion to be drawn from this odd sight in the main shipping channel in Cleveland Bay which has gone unnoticed by the local media , despite it providing great graphics and raising the interest of the many people who pass it daily in a variety of vessels .
And that large blue object bobbing about off Magnetic Island which caused the Sealink passenger ferry to go about and investigate, what was that all about? The conning tower of a midget submarine , a body in a bag or a fisherman overboard ? It was found to be a bin with sand on the bottom.
On the same day, the abandoned yacht was still hard against the breakwater after a king tide. There has actually been talk about removing the wreck, sometime .
