I was also trying to find an explanation why the tide at Pardoo Creek turns about 3.5hrs after low tide yet the turn on top of the tide is spot on the published high tide time. It makes for a very strange tidal behaviour when takes the tide only 2.5hrs to come in but 8.5 hrs to run out.
All the locals acknowledged that tidal behaviour but none of them knew the reasons behind it. I was none the wiser but had it confirmed that I wasn't imagining things.
During the morning we also caught up with Uwe and Beate, the German couple that shipped their mobile home from Germany to Oz.
I had ordered a loaf of bread, freshly baked at the station but they were running late so we didn't get it in time before we had to go back to the creek for more fishing. So we left without lunch and thought that the low tide was worth a try. This time we were lucky enough to get some live bait from another bloke who was casting a net. We fished for nearly 3 hrs and watched as tide was coming in pushing us further and further up the bank.
It appears our fishing luck has totally left us (and everyone around us) - as we couldn't hook a single fish. People that went out on a boat had their bag limit within an hour. They felt sorry for us and gave a Blue Nose Salmon which I filleted and put straight into the car fridge.
The photos in this blog are taken at the fishing location, one at low tide, the other at high tide, to illustrate the change water level.
In the evening we had Alan and Judy over to eat the Salmon with us and later on we were joined by our German friends who spoiled us with german made dark chocolate. To finish off the meal we had Vanilla ice cream with Mango sauce topping.
Today was also the first day of WA school holidays and we've already seen a number of campers arrive this afternoon. I suspect the next couple of week are going to very busy and camping spots will be scarce.
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