Townsville Bulletin headlines from the archives

An unnamed man on Magnetic Island had a collection of Townsville Bulletin front pages throughout the years, collecting some of the quirkiest, most absurd headlines from North Queensland. Take a look.

An unnamed man on Magnetic Island had a collection of Townsville Bulletin front pages throughout the years, collecting some of the quirkiest, most absurd headlines from North Queensland.

An unnamed man on Magnetic Island has collected some of the quirkiest, most absurd front pages from the Townsville Bulletin throughout the years.

The hilarious headlines now have a new home at Scallywags Cafe in Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island.

“He had piles and piles of papers, but these were all we collected,” a Scallywags waitress said.

From a human head being found in a cod, to the prime minister meeting with a notorious porn king, the headlines give a unique insight into some of North Queensland’s strangest stories in the early 2000s.

Take a look through a few of the Townsville Bulletin’s strangest front pages from the archives and some of the memorable yarns to match.

From the archives: Some of the Bulletin’s strangest front pages

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Some of the quirkiest, most absurd headlines from North Queensland from the archives.

Some of the quirkiest, most absurd headlines from North Queensland from the archives.

Some of the quirkiest, most absurd headlines from North Queensland from the archives.

Originally published as Townsville Bulletin headlines from the archives