Readers
of littledarwin.blogspot.com are
located in far-flung parts of the
globe. In the case
of veteran journalist followers , it is
known that some of them have been flung
out of pubs, political meetings and gay
and hearties, one even ejected from Fiji
. Another
, now residing in Manhattan , claims he accidently tripped
outside a
Sydney casino after his birthday party. A majority
of our readers
are in America . Strangely ,
our audience has taken a sudden jump
in Russia and the Ukraine
. There are readers in the possibly soon to be dismantled UK, France, Germany, Poland , China , India .
We were recently delighted to receive an email from a knowledgeable
Australian woman residing in New York who alerted Cyclops
to the possible reason for
the constant
disappearance of new growth on
a pruned back large
mango tree. In doing so, she has
saved possums from being placed on
death
row , clubbed , belted with a
broom, hit with a
thong , deported to New Zealand .
She had
read in the Diary of a Curlew Carer how
marauding possums at night
were thought responsible for
every piece of new mango tree growth suddenly disappearing. Not so , she
opined , and even provided a Northern
Territory booklet about mango growing
which lists chomping
culprits, ranging from borers to
ants .
On checking the bona fides
of our informant , we discovered that she has an interesting background . Once deeply
involved with the
ALP in Canberra, she also worked on prawn boats out of Darwin.
In the Big Apple, she undoubtedly throws a shrimp on the
barbie,slices up a Bowen mango and feels a
bit homesick. Thanks
for the advice .
The mango tree is about to be checked and doctored .
