15th, Off to the country, yeah, we arrive at Colin's place at Eaglehawk Neck after driving past his driveway and checking it out we decide we should be able to get the camper up there, Merv put a strap around the back as an extra support as the driveway is so steep.
We took the camper off the vehicle then went for a walk to the beach, later in the afternoon Tanya, Colin and Wilson arrived home, it was so good to catch up and spend some time yakking.
16th, We went down to Shelly Beach to find out if it was suitable to launch Paul's boat, when we arrived the weather was calm and sunny, I wasn't feeling well so Merv pumped his canoe up and headed out with the fishing gear, it wasn't long before he was catching flathead, after awhile he came in for some lunch I pumped up my canoe and joined him, we ended up catching 8 nice flathead. That night Colin cooked roast duck and vegtables for dinner and Tanya made creme caramel and pavlova, yum yum and more yum.
17th, Paul and Jackie met us at Shelley Beach to go fishing, they took the tinnie we took the canoes, Paul and Jackie headed across the other side of the bay we fished a bit closer. I caught a big leather jacket that bit my hook off, I didn't have a spare and couldn't be bothered going in so I paddled across to get one from Paul when I got there they decided to come back to where Merv and I were fishing so we tied the canoe to the boat and I got towed back, it was quite a bit of fun. There was a good number of fish caught for the day and that night Colin cooked flathead in batter with chips for dinner.
18th, After a morning coffee we walked down the hill and along the beach, around lunch time we spent some time with young Colin looking at the photos he took on his last holiday in Cambodia, while looking at them it is hard to imagine such beauty in a country that has so much poverty. we planned to go to the jetty fishing for squid after dark, it was lucky we were talking to Tanya and Colin they told us that the squid were best before dark so we quickly went down and caught 7 good ones, while we were there around 10pm a huge shoal of mackerel came in around the jetty, Merv caught a couple of small jack mackerel on a bait then we tried lures and we were catching the bigger slimey mackerel one after the other, they were great fun and put up a good fight, we didn't know that they were good eating so we didn't bleed them just kept enough for bait for the cray pots.
19th, Another good walk on the beach this morning hoping to get a little bit of fitness through walking up the steep hill. Later in the day we visited Sue and picked some blackberries. For dinner Colin cooked fresh fettuccine that he made with a cabinara sauce made with the squid, yummo. After dinner Colin, Tanya, Merv and myself went to the jetty again to try for squid, the weather was not so good it was cold and windy, we didn't catch anything.
20th, Boat fishing today, out in Colin's tinnie, the weather was only a bit lumpy but we caught a lot of gurnard, flathead and perch to bring home as well as all the wrasse we threw back, there was a beautiful big albatross swooping around and sitting on the water waiting for us to throw a fish back so he could grab it. That night Colin cooked fish on the bbq with chips and salad for dinner.
21st, Walk to the beach again, I hope it is working I am certainly not getting as puffed. Paul arrived down for a visit just as we were heading up Cash's lookout with Colin, neither Jackie or Paul had shoes on for walking so I took his camera to get some photos for him while he and Jackie went to the Devils Kitchen for a drive. The walk to Cash's lookout was a fairly steep one I did a little puffing but we couldn't get over Colin never seemed the slightest bit puffed, the veiws from up there are fantastic but unfortunatly the sun was very bright and the photos were not so good looking toward the sun. When Paul and Jackie left in the afternoon we went for a drive around the peninsula, stopped at the bakery in Nubeena and bought a sickly mars bar slice, but still ate it, then drove around White Beach and on to Remarkable Caves at Port Arthur, Merv had never been there, then Safety Cove, walk on the beach, the golf club was nearby so we stopped in for a look and decided to have a game there in the near future, next stop Stuarts Bay, this looks a great place for the canoes, we did go to Palmers Lookout but there has been a house built there now and there isn't access to be able to get a photo down the coast.
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