Upside down map rant

The geography of Port Stephens and the Myall Lakes is complicated enough without this extra impediment. On a map on the waterfront at Tea Gardens they've made the map UPSIDE DOWN!

And to confuse us even more, the other side of the signboard has it the other (ie the correct, north up) way round.

So what's going on? I've been seeing more and more of this recently. I assume the relevant authorities have decided the punters can no longer handle the north at the top convention, and that we need to have the thing oriented for the way we're looking.

I for one don't find this useful at all. Hawks Nest is to the east of Tea Gardens, not to the west. STOP DOING IT PLEASE!

Tea Gardens

We took the ferry from Nelson Bay over to Tea Gardens. It's on the north side of Port Stephens harbour, and it's just across the Myall River from Hawks Nest, famous (among other things, perhaps) as the holiday home of choice for ex-Prime Minister John Howard. It's also the gateway to the complex Myall Lakes system, and the Myall Lakes National Park.

Somewhere in the Myall Lakes, my friend Paul's boat sank recently. I haven't been able to establish what exactly happened, except that "it went down backwards", and it went to the bottom, where it remains, and all aboard were rescued by another boat.

Pelicans are everywhere. They seemingly run the police and the fire brigade!