August 27, 2020 REMINISCENCES | The ship’s parrot Written by Kent Stewart on August 27, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features. This is a true story about a sea-going parrot. His name was Rocky and he sailed on the ANL’s Yarra River on the Weipa to Gladstone run in the 1970s. Never one to ruffle .. Read More