I HAVE THE MORETON BAY BUG

If you have a taste for the sea then the Moreton Bay bug is something you should experience. The bay sits adjacent to Brisbane, the seas are nutritious and sub tropical and the bugs enormous. The picky below shows one of the beauties in it's natural state and then prepared for the lunch table. It is about the size of plate!

A friend of mine today tucked into a bug or two and clearly enjoyed the experience. He did admit to setting the plate off with chips and various dressings too. Quite rightly he chose to taste the bug which is a popular snack in Queensland. 

Moreton Bay is a town on the Queensland coast that supports a successful North Premier League Queensland football team. The league is run by Football Queensland and is a top tier state competition at level 2 in the national pyramid. There. are between 12-14 teams competing annually, depending on who has been able to gather funds to support their venture. The top teams have play offs after playing each other twice through the season and Moreton Bay United were Premiers in 2015, and made the National Premier League semis.

4 teams are located in Brisbane, Northern Fury play in Townsville, FNQ Heat in Cairns, Palm Beach Sharks play on the Gold Coast, there is Redlands, SWQ Thunder are at Toowoomba, Western Pride play in Ipswich, and there is the Sunshine Coast team.

Five teams have UK coaches with Paul Arnison heading the Sunshine Coast squad. Paul, started at Everton as a youth, had several years with Newcastle United (UK) reserves, spent time at Hartlepool, Carlisle (2003-8), Bradford City, Darlington before dropping into non-league football and then emigrating.

He had some success in England with an FA Trophy win in 2011 with Darlington, a runners up with Carlisle as well as seeing them I nto a Conference play off in 2004-5 and then an FL Division 2 title. He also helped the 'Pool to a Third Division Runners up in 2002-3.