Some fleet footed Magnetic Island residents think all their Christmases have come at once. In doing so , they are greedily tucking into an abundant early supply of tasty festive season viands . They are lizards chasing an outbreak of March flies in the Horseshoe Bay end of the island . This writer was enthusiastically discussing with a resident , while both slapping at the same time , a volume in the wonderful Australian Bookcollectors series, edited by Charles Stitz , a lawyer , of New South Wales .
There was no need to grab a can of insecticide as four lizards had charged in from the leafy estate to chase and feast on the winged invaders. The athletic lizards, of varying size , ran about with great gusto , at times hurling themselves at legs, in hot pursuit. Chomp!
This small lizard was snapped when it sprinted up a limb after a large, sucking March fly. If it had been as big as a medium sized saltwater crocodile and gone higher, there could have been dire consequences for the owner of the five volume set. It would be wonderful if Santa could deliver the same fabulous set for this scribbler as a Christmas present .
