Unfortunately the wind came in last night and it's been blowing a gale since, plus it's cloudy today but really it's not too bad as that brought the temperature down to something a bit more acceptable. Pulled up at the fishing spot Dave & his mate Neville said to try this morning, stepped out of the car and nearly got blown away and sandblasted! Off boy went down to the beach to try his hand at this fishing caper again and I setup my chair looking out over the water to read Saturday's paper I picked up before we left home - yeah I know it's old news now! Boris even retreated inside the car the wind was blowing that much. I decided he had the right idea and when I stood up my chair starting blowing away!!!
Stayed there for a couple of hours and the only thing Craig caught was a catfish:(
That went back to where it came from. Other then that he got a few bits, but nothing to write home about, so eventually he called it quits and we returned to camp for some lunch. Since he's having trouble catching this elusive Barramundi, we went up the street to Ash's Takeaway and ordered some fish and chips for lunch - looks like that's the only way we're going to get to eat some!! You guessed it, after lunch it was time for a nap for everyone.
I was awoken from my slumber by some noisy birds in the tree outside and realised they sounded like black cockatoos, so got to find about half a dozen in the tree above us. Grabbed the camera and got a few shots, including a mum feeding it's baby, beautiful birds. Not much happened this afternoon, other then Dave coming home and a decision about trying down at the boat ramp again tonight for some barra. Craig is now highly suspect on the ability of his local fishing guide and whether there really is Barramundi at Karumba - he of little faith.......
Being that fishing was happening around 7pm, we decided the boys signature Lamb Shanks with mashed potato was the go for dinner and it was cool enough to appreciate them too. So he amused himself in my galley creating dinner, while we sat around chatting amongst ourselves. So, I was left in charge of minding the shanks and off the 3 boys went to fish....... Firstly down to the boat ramp and there was silence in the front seat I am told by Craig, eventually a bit of hmmm, hmmm, ummm, mmm and then a no too windy fish won't be biting in this, then it was off around to the "hut" and the same silence was heard from the back seat as before upon pulling up and then the same noises and the no, too windy won't be biting. So, then it was off to the point where we'd been this morning and for the third time it was silence, noises and the no, too windy. You can imagine my surprise when a car pulled up at the front fence and the 3 of them walked in - all I can say is, just as well dinner was on the stove!
Dinner was lovely as usual, when it comes to Craig's Lamb Shanks they are soooo yummy! Again, not too late of a night - Dave was supposed to be at work at 7am in the morning.
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