25th, Colin's birthday, we go to pull the cray pots again another 5 good crays then we go hooking where we picked up some more good gurnard, flathead and perch. Colin's boat is only a tinnie but we are having more fun and better fishing than the rest of our trip. After coming back and getting the fish cleaned we went for a long walk on the beach.
That night Merv cooked a delicious crayfish mornay for dinner.
26th, The weather was a bit cool and not quite as good this morning so Colin and Merv went to pull the pots, they weren't going to hook so I stayed at home, they didn't have any luck this morning. Around lunch time Merv and I headed off to walk to Tatnells Hill, we used to call this The Knobbs. Colin told us were to pick the track up that leads up the hill, we start at Waterfall Bay Lookout, this walk should take approx 3hrs return. The first of the track runs around the edge of the cliffs, not close but too close in places for my comfort, it then heads in and comes to a creek were the track forks, the right hand track heads up the hill, up and up and up, through magnificent ferny gullies with creeks and majestic trees, the different mosses and lichen with the different colours of the toadstool make one hell of a natures garden.
We had traversed approx 2/3 of the track when after climbing up a steep part over rocks rounded the corner to find a large tiger snake approx 6ft in length spread across the track, we done the normal things like stamping the foot and clapping but it never moved so we threw a large stick at it, this made it jump up and flatten out it head in anger but still never moved off the track, we were very close so we stood still and watched, I was looking to see if we would be able to make a hasty retreat, we threw another stick, it turned and looked straight at us, I thought crap, I had never had a snake stand up and flatten out then look staight at me like that, we had all our gear ready to throw down in its path if it came at us but at the last moment it slid in the bush, we passed very carefully.
We were almost to the top when fine misty rain started, by the time we got to the top the mist was so thick you couldn't see a hundred yards in front of you, this was a bit disappointing as the veiws from up there has to be seen to be believed and I wanted to get some good photos, oh well we will have to go again maybe next time we will drive part way up one of the forestry roads.
The walk down was much easier with no more sightings of snakes.
It was soup then crayfish and salad for dinner
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