It was a cold morning this morning when we woke so Colin, Merv and Jessie went to pull the cray pots unfortunatly no crays today, I suppose we shouldn't expect them every day we have been having a lot of luck so far. It hailed just after the guys left and then again when they got back so we just mooched around and took it easy, we had a lunch of leftover laksa and cake with Colin, after lunch Colin showed us his amazing photos he took in Burma, the temples should be the 8th wonder of the world.
In the afternoon we went for a drive around Carllton, Dodges Ferry and Primrose Sands.
In the evening the wind was blowing pretty strong and the tide was in so we thought we would go down to the neck beach and try and find a octopus that comes in during times like this, it turned out to be bitterly cold but we still checked without success.
6th, it was raining a little this morning but Paul came down and Merv, Paul and myself went down to an area in Oakwood near Port Arthur where there used to be an old house, we had the detectors and was hoping to find some old pennies, nothing but old tin, nails and ring pulls.
In the evening Colin cooked some lovely fish and bought some great chips from the van at the blowhole, all this we shared with Erin and Paul, Tanya and Colin's daughter and son-in-law, they had flown in from Melbourne for the 60th wedding anniversary party being held on Saturday for Tanya's parents.
Erin and Paul were both with it business minded people, certainly executive material, lovely personalities and Erin is carry her first baby, a little girl, I had not seen Erin since she was 15, it was so nice to see her again and see she is very happy.
7th When we woke and the day was good we went down to the jetty to catch a squid, Merv took the canoe out and caught 1 I fished from the jetty without any luck.
After breakfast we went to Shelly Beach with the canoes it was a bit windy but Merv caught 1 flathead, we then went down to Stuarts Bay, the conditions were just perfect for a paddle, it was beautiful, I did catch a nice flathead and Merv caught a lot of wrasse, a fun afternoon.
8th Paul, Esther and Jackie came down today for us to go out to Fortescue Bay for a picnic, on the way out there was an echidna on the road a most fascinating animal to observe.
The road was in far better condition than when we out there 4 years ago, as it was a long weekend there was a large number of people out on the beach and in the camp area, Merv and I went for a walk along the beach while the others waited at a picnic table. After lunch we headed for Shelly Beach, on the way out we saw another echidna, I couldn't believe it 2 in one day.
While Paul and the girls used the detectors Merv and I took the canoes out as the day was perfect, we caught a lot of small flathead and 4 large ones.
When we got back in we found that Jackie had found a beautiful 18ct gold Diamond ring.
While we were cleaning the fish another echidna came down over the bank, I would have to call it THE DAY OF THE ECHIDNA.
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