Now nearly as popular and certainly more handsome than Johnny Depp, Magnetic Island's famous cheese eating Coucal , Dracula, has a new pastime...sunbathing . He regularly bares his body to the noonday sun next to the egg of an extinct giant Kiwi Moa, above, in a specially cleared section of garden at the Queen of the Jungle's residence .
The said Germanic Queen , much more mobile after a knee operation, set out to clear an overgrown area in which there are numerous odds and ends , a rhino , an emu , pot plants. Dracula took an active part in the landscaping, darting in and out from under her feet to nab insects .
Old newspapers were laid down to stop weeds growing along a mysterious , meandering Black Forest like path . In the process , the paper layer has attracted many and varied insects. Dracula is regularly seen reading the papers , studying the stock market , pausing to munch the scurrying critters in the mosh pit under the pages .
The Queen's new upgraded area, too late for the Chelsea Floral and Garden Show competition , has become one of his most popular haunts . Often he is seen sunning himself in the rocks , revealing his odd back , which looks surprisingly like a mangy Depp dog , perhaps even an unwashed pirate's armpit. The Wow Wearable Art crowd from New Zealand , see post below, is already offering to sign up Dracula in a deal said to involve big bickies and lots of Dutch Edam cheese.
