Poke! Look Dad, A cruise ship!; Water scare in The Gap (21st September 2011)

The Sun Princess cruise ship arrived at Brisbane [Courier Mail]

Before reading this news piece, I know that Hong Kong has a very big advantage in town where big ships can pass through the Victoria Harbour without any hassle. But in Brisbane, since the curvy river is both narrow and, well, curvy, large ships couldn't get in easily and they usually dock at the Port of Brisbane or the wider part of Brisbane River, and they simply cannot get any closer into the city.

"There are various obstacles they like to put in our way - tankers tied up along the side where we have to go very slowly," said Capt Froude. "It's a busy river, a commercial river, we have to take our turn in it as well." He urged authorities to "move the cruise terminal" to Fisherman Island to allow even larger ships to visit Brisbane.

Now that the Sun Princess has arrived, they have to dock the ship at Hamilton wharf. But lucky for the retailers alike, because the ship will be staying there for 5 long months!

"Then over the season that's going to be $10 million pumped into the local economy so it's a great time for Queensland holidaymakers and it's a great time for Queensland residents as well."

House fire caused water panic around The Gap [Courier Mail]

Who would have thought a fire incident can cause a neighbourhood's water supply? Normally it shouldn't be a problem, but the Queensland Urban Utilities has done a flush out at the main pipes before the house fire has started last night. That resulted in contaminated tap water and after a whole night's drama, residents were urged not to drink or use tap water. It's been quite a few water-related hassle in this month I reckon.

Affected customers will be compensated the equivalent of 5000L to make up for the water they will use flushing out their systems. More than 15,000 bottles of water had been delivered to affected streets and are available from 2 and 29 Arkin Street, the corner of Hilder Road and Kilcolman Street and the corner of Hilder Road and Cloghan Street. Water tankers were also available in Arkin Street and Moygara Street from 6pm. The incident affected 387 homes.

D.