EXCLUSIVE : ANOTHER ISLAND MYSTERY

 With Magnetic Island   about  to be  invaded by yachts from  near and far , for a week of racing ,our Shipping Reporter has discovered a mysterious situation  over  there :  a  pair of   good  shoes   abandoned  at   the lookout  at  the  entrance to   the safe  harbour , which  provides  a panoramic view of Cleveland  Bay  and  the  island . 

An   island resident  has been missing for   weeks , his disappearance  now  seemingly   off   the radar of mainland media.  Items of his clothing  were  found at Nelly  Bay . Are  these  shoes , which look like moccasins , connected  with  another    missing person, our waterfront roundsman asks . 

The  shoes are not far from  the mysterious  mutilated  mermaid  which   first appeared as an intact   fibreglass  legendary  creature of  the deep .  Over  the  months, the mermaid was   beheaded, had  her arms  ripped off   and  in  one outrage even had  an imitation  head  of then Prime Minister  Scott  Morrison   placed   atop  her  maltreated  body.

The  intrepid Shipping   Reporter clambered over rocks to provide  the latest photograph of  the  mermaid  which shows the  pullover   which  was  placed   over her  top  has been removed  , exposing some of  the  pieces of wood which  had  been  screwed  to  her   tormented  torso   to  form   rough arms .