Fishing Spots

Tonight was a bit cool and we woke to an overcast sky. We lazed around for most of the morning and every now and then a few spits of rain fell on the awning but the ground never got wet.

After lunch we drove to the lagoon and once again launched Alan's inflatable so him and Judy could go for paddle out to the lagoon mouth.

The time was very near low tide and the lagoon has nearly emptied and only a few deep water holes are left.

We crossed an outrunning channel in a shallow area and walked out along the edge of the lagoon. From the oyster covered sandstone cliffs we could look down in the water and see the fish. We spotted a few turtles a few large fish with their dorsal fins out of the water.

A few fisherman were catching Travelly and Mangrove Jack. We found the remains of a shark on the beach. He was caught about an hour before we got there. Once a shark is caught the fishermen immediately remove the fins and head, apparently this is to prevent ammonia from the fins going into the flesh.

We manages to get back over the channel before the tide got too high and walked back looking at the big fish chasing the little ones on the incoming tide. This area is really fascinating, just walking along the edge of the water can provide hours of entertainment.

We returned to the caravan park where I refuelled the car at $1.95/lt before staring the pickup process. The sky was looking very ominous and I didn't fancy packing up wet tomorrow morning.

At 5pm we went to a Bush Poetry performance in the caravan park. One of the long term guests, Roger Cracknell, presented some very funny and well presented yarns and tall stories which had us laughing for about over an hour.

Later in the evening we could hear a little bit of rain on the caravan roof. I just hope we don't get too much rain as this would turn fine red dust on the road into a soupy slurry.