Day 163 Inskip Point Saturday 17th November 2012

Hi All,

This blog is being typed as I await to see if the rain encircling us will deliver the threatened biblical deluge. At the moment it seems to be petering out at Gympie.

Today was cloudy but still warm enough. Enough cloud to slow the solar charging to a medium trickle. First up I went into Rainbow Beach to check out the shops for various items none of which I could find at a price I was willing to pay. I did however buy some bait, beach worms (preserved) $6 for 2 worms (wow) and 500 grams of pretty decent pilchards for $6. I refilled our 20 litre water jerry on the way back since I topped up the trailer tank before heading to town.

The queenfish (phone cam)

Susan meantime was working on her cross stitch. After lunch she continued on while I wiped the cobwebs off the fishing gear. The excitement on the beach was a guy about 50 metres along from me landing the pictured queenfish. The 10 silver whiting I caught would have fitted easily in its mouth. I kept 8 whiting which we had for tea. The queenfish was returned to the beach later and used in pieces as shark bait. The angler talked a guy on a jet ski into to taking him with the bait out about 150 metres. Seemed a waste of a good fish to me. On dusk there were a couple of other people with "shark" lines out. They had used a kayak to tow their baits out and to drag their bait net. I used my 2 worms up and left the fish biting at 5. We had just the right amount for tea with salad and quinoa.

Phasmid under the awning this morning

Closer up

Noisy Friarbird

Red backed fairy wren a bit blurry

Red backed fairy wren on the tent rope

A couple of vans left today citing the influx of schoolies. Whilst there are a few young people here in groups they all seem reasonably well behaved. I can only hear one group in the distance still going. Mind you Susan had a few words to say about the demeanour of one of the ladettes she had to listen to most of the afternoon.

After tea I managed to blow a couple of fuses in the trailer due to a faulty light socket. No great drama except for working head down under the bed to change them. I engineered the socket out of the equation so the problem should not arise again.

Well no rain so far so off to bed.

night folks

Simon