From a very breezy canvas hut. Looks like we are copping the northern end of what you folks down south have been having. However it is still quite mild so far.
Today's tasks, Simon completed the last step tread, installed some cover stripping in a built in pantry shell, and started nailing in some framing above a door. One of the drawbacks of making your own wood is that the thickness can be quite variable and if it is not properly seasoned it splits. Both these conspired to make the tasks harder than they could have been. I shall remove the split noggin tomorrow and try again. Susan did more painting this time undercoating under the verandah roof with a roller. She now has a recurrence of "sheet folders shoulder" Nurofen, massage and sympathy are called for.
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| Hey ho, hey ho, it's off to ........ |
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| The shrinking river, in flood it fills this channel easily |
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| The master fisher in action, oh wait it's only me |
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| A fairly hefty catfish and a gooby hat |
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| Nice pan size Australian Bass |
After lunch I adjourned to the Stanley River after showering since time seems to vanish in the late afternoon and there has been a funny smell following me around. Susan popped back to recoat the inside of the pantry, showered and then joined me down by the river. She showed good style netting a large catfish. The fish tally today was one bass and 3 or 4 catfish, 2 of them fairly hefty. I chucked the catties back although based on today's lunch they seem quite edible, Think of them as an Australian version of basa. I managed to also hook a large number of tree branches in the cod catching hole including one with another expensive lure. I am going to have to rethink, the unweighted line, letting the bait drift around in the current, scenario in this area. I am determined to catch a cod while we are here. It may be my best opportunity to do so ever. We also saw a playpus paddling around about 30 minutes before sunset. Susan shot a video of the spreading water ripples after it had dived under.
After tea I baited up the yabby nets and walked across the paddocks in the dark to a cut off oxbow lake. I checked this afternoon and there were yabby holes around the edge. Wisdom is it is too cold for yabbies at the moment. I am hoping the shallowness of the water may counteract this. I will check them in the morning before breakfast. Hopefully no eels !
night folks
Simon
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