Magnetic Island's mysterious mutilated mermaid has just about been reduced to the bare essentials - from the navel down . However, our Shipping Reporter is working on what he says will be an exclusive ripper of a yarn about the poor , mistreated sea creature .
Meanwhile , stingrays are currently active in Magnetic Island waters . Several have been sighted in the shallows at Nelly Bay . It was intended to include a photograph of the rays sent to us by a beach stroller from Darwin , but the computer went on strike . While on the subject of stingrays, Steve Irwin , a stingray victim , has just been mentioned online .
