Tim and I took the weekend and journeyed up with a canoe to Pigeon Creek – about a 15-20km hike upstream of the Gorge. Very clearly not many people venture up this way because the barra were plentiful and the barra were hungry! I went from 11 barra for the year to 20! I managed 9 in two...

It has certainly been a long time since we last posted anything. It is at least good to know that a few people have remarked on our lack of communication. We have just emerged back into civilization, having been “out on the Gibb” for quite some time. Everything is very dusty, we...

Bidyadanga (La Grange) proved to be an absolute delight. The school Principal, Mark Williams, was an excellent host and soon had us settled into the “donga”, perfectly acceptable accomodation right on the school grounds. Mark gave us a whistle stop tour of the local beaches after...

Tim and I tackled Donkey Crossing yesterday on the quest of catching a barra on a kayak. And we were successful! Three altogether, with Tim finally breaking his duck and landing two, along with my one. Mine was pretty small, around 40cm, with Tim’s first around the same size. It was...

Tim and I decided we needed to get a fish in before the school holidays finished – and it was worth it (for me anyway)!  Casting a beady eye on the no less than 11 boat trailers at the gorge carpark, we launched around midday and were off.  We decided to go for a troll through the...

I’ve managed to get my hands on the sawfish photo from Anna Branch… and thanks to Bryan for a great shot! There seem to be plenty of sawfish in the river, especially this year, with quite a few people catching them. I caught mine on a big bony bream (about 20cm long). The...

Although I’m still hunting for my sawfish piccie, I thought I’d better post another barra pic from the Easter weekend. Emma, Emily and I camped out in a spot roughly between town and the gorge overnight, and although the girls laughed at me for choosing to stand next to my handline...

About two weeks ago, I had a bit of a bash for my birthday, with a celebrity theme. I didn’t take any photos, but I managed to poach a couple off Nikki’s Facebook, and thought I’d share them here… It was a great night with nearly everyone getting into the swing of...

I took Pommy Paul out last night to catch some cherabin, and it turned into a great night’s fishing.  We got to Anna Branch at around 5pm with a kayak and pottered around, flicking a few lures and just generally waiting until dusk until the cherabin came on.  At around 7pm, I landed...

After three weeks of no car, due to an LPG backfire blowing up my air-flow meter, I’m finally back on the road!  The last hitch was getting the spark plug out of the back spot – no easy task since the distributor lead had snapped off halfway down the hole!  It finally came out...