Digby in the solomons

For the last 2o days and counting Digs has been roaming around the solomon islands looking at fruit trees and designing a fruit tree project for AusAid which will start next year. This photo shows digby teaching a grafting workshop in Oecussi, East Timor in 2005. Looks like there will be more of this in store for him in 2007 in the solomons

Tourist torments our baby croc

It's pretty special living in a wilderness area where you can see animals living in their natural habitat. There has been a small crocodile living in the estuary of Mason Creek for at least 4 years, and all the locals have kept an eye on it over the years. Then a tourist decides to torment it.

Read the story here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/stupid-stefaan-meets-allan-the-croc/2006/11/09/1162661802875.html

I have been rung by the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sunday Mail about the croc attack. I said the croc was being tormented in its own habitat, that this is a wilderness area where seeing/ living with animals in the wild is part of being here, and that it should not be taken away to a croc farm.
Read day 2 of the story:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/allan-the-crocs-on-the-run/2006/11/10/1162661886516.html

Yesterday while National Parks rangers were in the creek area which they closed off to everyone else - a large gunshot was heard coming from the area. They are denying that they have shot it - but nobody else had a gun and was shooting at that time. I guess the truth will come out eventually.