A quiet day today. It started off well with a nice picture of a red backed fairy wren. I think I am photographing the same bird each time.
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| Red backed wren on the camper hitch |
It was warm today the mercury nudging 33 with a deal of humidity. After a bit of messing around with the solar panels (I wanted to be sure we recovered from yesterdays cloudy day) I ventured into town to buy worms . I also picked up the Queensland Fisheries legal length chart and marked the whiting length of 23cm on my knife. It was then onto fishing catching quite a few but the biggest were about a cm short. Also a lot of toadfish quite small and stripping the baits like piranha's. It was not overly easy conditions with a fairly good breeze mostly in my face from the north west all day.
Susan took a break from her cross stitching to bring me down some excellent sandwiches for lunch which was much appreciated. She spent much of the day in the shade although as mentioned above it was hot even in the shade. Later in the afternoon I took a stroll to the beach in time to see our neighbour catch a large golden trevally. Not really my style of fishing Sit on the back of the ute drinking beer with two heavy lines out baited with fish and wait, in this case for about 4 hours. Then skull drag the fish in. Still it is an impressive catch especially compared to my effort. I finally caught a legal whiting on dusk with my last piece of worm. The shark fisherman also had a hook up which proved too much for his 30 pound line. More sophisticated fishing, 3 mullet on a big hook attached to wire and weighted down with a brick held on with a cable tie. The bait paddled into position about 80 metres out on a kayak. Susan will eat the whiting for breakfast.
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| A helpful bystander was on hand to haul the fish from the surf |
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| Our next door neighbour Jeff with his trophy |
Had a nice sausage,veg and pasta tea. After tea we threw caution to the wind and showered in the near darkness. Nothing like getting 3 days salt off your body to make you feel less wrinkly. I am sure the neighbours were too scared to look in case they saw anything that sent them blind.
We have decided to leave tomorrow to give us 2 days to get to Byron Bay. We will have a look at the Carlo sand blow in Rainbow Beach on the way and stay, who knows where, since we have no idea what time we will be somewhere. We have at least decided on the general route.
Night folks
Cheers Simon
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