Bali bound cruise ship in Townsville last  week.   Another    ship  due  in  this week .  Little or  no coverage in  local  media  .  It  ...

  Belatedly, the   heavy   fall  of   rain normally   indicated  by  the blooming of    Rain Orchids  on  Magnetic  Island  happened.  It  b...

  Shipping Reporter photos.

Townsville . Wellington photograph .   

  It's tough , dangerous , dirty  work  down  on  the docks  , where  many fenders  and  buoys , like the above  ones ,  are employed  t...

  Feral  vegetation  still growing  atop portrait of  Australia's  Catholic saint, Mary MacKillop, looking down  on  busy Ross River Roa...