BUOYED UP AT THE SEASIDE WITH LARGE SERVING OF KIWI FUSH AND CHUPS AND SHIPPING REPORTER'S GOOD LEG

CURLEW WATCH

 

ABC FAILED TO REMOVE VIRGINS' FLAG

 In post-WWll  Darwin , there were many dire  shortages-building materials, electrical appliances , even vital supplies of  beer shipped in from interstate , women  and  flags .The patriotic ABC broadcasting  office lamented the fact that it did not have an Australian flag to fly above its premises . It applied to have the flag dangling from outside the hostel for single women in government  employment -Marrenah House-known as the Virgins' Retreat.   This rare  bulk store  of  females  was  invaded by  visiting  sailors off American  ships  when directed   there by naughty waterside workers.Peeping toms  were a problem  as well,one bloke claiming he was stumbling about  looking for a rare moth that only came out at night .The  ABC  was left naked  flag-wise , its request rejected.However, the flag disappeared soon after -probably souvenired by a Yank. 

DUMP TRUMP PLEA FROM INCREASINGLY HOT AND POLLUTED BLUE PLANET

 

GOVERNOR FLEES OUTBREAK

 

Rare postcard depicting Lord Islington, fifteenth governor of New Zealand , leaving Wellington in 1910 after a suspected outbreak of typhoid, a quarantine flag flying over Government House. Artwork by leading political cartoonist Trevor Lloyd, from a unique  North Queensland  collection.  

DISHEVELLED ANGEL IN PORT

Even though incapacitated , our Shipping Reporter, the only one north of Lavender Bay,  arranged a member of his family to take this  shot of a bulk carrier with an unusual name ,Sea Angel, flying under the Marshall Islands flag, in  the port of Townsville , part of the Ghost Fleet which passes in and out with very little attention by the local media. Could be an interesting story behind its name? Once flying under the flag of India , It was in port during the  title fight and is now heading for  Korea .

ABRACADABRA VISTAS BY ABRA