Today was a public holiday in WA - Foundation Day - which mark the date in 1829 when Captain Stirling landed at Swan Bay and brought the first European settlers to WA. Although the state has been visited many times before by Dutch and French sailors, it was the British that settled the area.
Listening to the local radio talkback I get the distinct impression many of the Westies would prefer WA to be a separate country, that way they could keep all their income from the mining industry. I'm not entering into any arguments over this issue as Easties are certainly a minority over here.
We had another lazy day today with a late breakfast followed by some fishing gear preparation and a bit of study. We went back to Bativia Marina for the afternoon's fishing activity. The little Porcupine fish were still there and we tried to catch as many as possible and put them in a bucket where they release their poison and kill themselves (they are a pest species).
This time Andrea also gave it try and caught many little fish to her great delight. Once she got into fishing there was no stopping her and now it looks like we may have to buy her a fishing rod.
In amongst all the Porcupines both kids caught some Bream but they were too small for dinner.
We were back at the caravan park just on sunset with both kids hungry and tired and worn out from fishing.
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