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With great pride, Little Darwin breaks the sensational news that our Shipping Reporter has received the highest possible award for covering mermaids in distress - the above large knitted mermaid doll which rivals the latest Barbie in the movie which has received so much publicity.
In fact, Barbie looks quite dull next to the Shipping Reporter's dazzling doll , show here exclusively with a sequin adorned body , a diamond studded necklace , a valuable bangle , striking unruly yellow hair .
The mermaid was thrust into the Shipping Reporter's welcoming tattooed arms at a special ceremony by an artistic woman on Magnetic Island who made the doll at the request of the Danish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Little and Larger Mermaids.
The Danes said they applauded the Shipping Reporter's relentless coverage in this salty blog of Magnetic Island's mysterious multiply mutilated mermaid . Readers of Little Darwin will recall that the waterfront roundsman had already received a much smaller knitted mermaid for drawing attention to the plight of the mistreated mermaid , while the mainland media appeared to have sunk under an ocean of flim flam reporting .
At the special ceremony performed in the Little Darwin cluttered den , the Shipping Reporter's mermaids were displayed against a backdrop of the priceless Mona Lisa painting and other dust covered oddities .
Large quantities of Captain Kid rum and gluten free Danish pastries were served during the doll presentation ceremony. Meanwhile , as predicted by this blog, the making of mermaid dolls on Magnetic Island is showing signs of becoming a huge cottage industry , bigger than the production of two-headed Tasmanian teddy bears.
