1st, Colin and Tanya took Wilson to cricket today so no fishing. Paul and Jackie came down with their metal detectors and we go down to the area near Tarrana which was the old camp area used by the reserved army and the forestry, the camps have long been burnt and it is fairly well overgrown but still worth a look.
Jackie and I worked together with Jackie using the detector and myself digging, the other team Paul using the detector and Merv digging.
We found a lot of rubbish Jackie and I found a couple of very large hooks but best of all we found a 1962 florin ans a 1c piece, a nice find, I didn't really expect to find anything.
We had a lunch of sandwiches Paul had taken and continued but no more luck in the afternoon.
2nd, Another day out fishing, yeah, and what a glorious day, when the pots are pulled we get another cray then off we go hooking, we end up with 12 perch, 45 gurnard and 3 flathead.
The fishing conditions were perfect, while we were fishing we were visited by the Shy Albatross, Buller Albatross, this one nests and comes from New Zealand, a large pod of dolphins came around several times and we had seals swimming past, there have been seals around the area where the pots are set each day, they have stayed in the area to feed on the squid, as we were going out Colin pointed out a seal that looked as though it was tangled in rope, Colin said they wrap themselves in rope or kelp to sleep as a protection from sharks.
After cleaning the fish and having a good laugh watching the ducklings and chickens with the fish scaps, Colin and Tanya have so many chooks and chickens with turkeys and the duck with her 13 ducklings with Jess the dog protecting them from any eagle, hawk or crow, we went for a long walk on the beach.
Dinner was cooked by Tanya and Colin being crumbed fish with roast vegetables, Tanya made a desert which was called impossible pie, a custard coconut type pie, so delicious.
3rd, Colin and Merv went to pull the cray pots with no luck today but Colin caught a squid on the way in, I had stayed at the jetty fishing for squid no luck there, Jess had gone out in the boat and it is so funny to hear her barking at all the birds as the guys are fishing, apparently she runs up and down and gets quite excited.
After a coffee the guys relocated Colin's plazma tv so that while watching tv they can still have their veiw, they do have a million dollar veiw.
In the afternoon we went for a drive down South Arm and Opossum Bay then stopped off at Steve and Tina freinds who lives at Sanford, Steve is a baker and has a shop in Kingston, he made a big steak pie and chocolate roll for dinner, boy with all this delicious food we are having every day I had better start running the beach not walking.
On the way home we stopped at Sorell to do grocery shopping, we were surprised to find they are open till 10pm every day.
4th, Another 4 crays today when Colin and Merv pulled the cray pots, they tried for squid but the only thing they caught was Merv momentarily caught Jess as she went by, probably saw a good looking bird worth a bark.
In the afternoon we went for a walk to the beach, we walked around to the tessalated pavement trying to find easy access so we could take the canoes down in the bay under Lufra and out to Clyde Island, there wasn't anywhere suitable the closest is where the old mess was and that is quite a paddle across.
We then drove up and had a look at the block I used to own that is back on the market, it has grown up again but the driveway had been cleared a bit, it would take a lot to get it back to where it was.
Dinner Merv made some laksa paste from scatch then made a delicious laksa using perch and crayfish, the desert was a chocolate moose cake which was baked and given to us by Steve.
The wind had been strong from the west but had eased a bit so after dinner we took the canoes down to the jetty to paddle out and try for a squid, while we were launching the wind rose again, we paddled out and tied up to some mooring bouys so we wouldn't be blown in, it was so rough I laughed and thought maybe I should have taken a quell. There wasn't any squid and we didn't stay very long.
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