The expert fisherman
The second rock cod caught before being set free
Ciao lettori
Must be some sort of record, 2 warm sunny days in a row with a third to follow tomorrow.
This morning I started sanding and varnishing a deck at the rear of the motel block. The surface was badly weathered so a fair bit of sanding was required. I ended up doing a quarter of the deck and applying the varnish so that a portion was finished although in the end it wasn't because i didn't have time to put the second coat on.
Susan was on housekeeping detail and worked with Amel finishing their assigned units in record time. Followed by office painting and baking a pear pie.
We both have ideas on how things could be done better here but have decided to pull out heads in and just be workers.
About 5 we headed out to do some fishing intending to catch squid. I was trying to get a barbless jag to put a pilchard on plus a foam float to hang it under due to the kelp adjacent the shore. No floats at all in Nubeena, no barbless jags and 2 packets of pilchards in the 3 shops that profess to sell fishing gear. Anyway it was windy so not overly good for fishing. There were no squid but I did manage a couple of rock cod. Anyway the rods and tackle boxes are now out of the roof bag and ready for action.
Tomorrow is our day off and we are having an early night today so we can go walking tomorrow!
Cheers Simon
POSTSCRIPT......
The local chanting group was organised to meet at the resort, the "barn" made ready over the preceding days. Simon had agreed to attend but chickened out at the last minute.
Tea was a shared impromptu affair initially a sharing of food between those attending the chanting, but due to the low numbers of chanters and the abundance of food the other helpers joined in.
The chanting was led by Kate (an ex South Australian) and was actually a powerful and positive experience. The fact that my singing is akin to a wounded cat was irrelevant, it was intriguing to experience the effect of the harmonics created by the group. I have planned attend next Tuesday also. It seems chanting groups are quite popular in Tassie, as I have seen notices on several community noticeboards.
Cheers Susan
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