Category: The Kids (Page 7 of 8)

The Adventures of Chris and Terry’s kids

Dave, Docker the Dog and Djoodood

October 13, 2006 /
During the second week of the October school holidays, Emma and I travelled up the One Arm Point road to Djoodood, just south of Lombadina. Our deputy principal, Dave Leslie, invited us along with two other couples, to his property situated on a small cliff above beautiful white beaches and very fishy reef.

The week was spent almost in a blissful routine of an early morning walk along the beach with a camera, followed by a fishing expedition in the boat (catching feeds of mackeral, bluebone, cod and north-west snapper), stomping through mangroves collecting enormous mudcrabs, and finishing with an evening wander through the low-tide pools picking up lovely blue-manna crabs.

Admittedly, the trip out along the One Arm Point road was memorable for the wrong reasons – although were were lucky to only come away with one flat tyre, a somewhat suspect exhast system and a speedometer that doesn’t seem to work much any more.

Check out some of the pics we took at the Photo Gallery!

Basecamp Wallaroo (Part 2)

October 3, 2006 /
One of the most memorable parts of the trip to Basecamp Wallaroo was definitely Mt Sunup – Sleeping high up on a granite outcrop, you have the perfect view of both the sun setting in the west, and the sun rising in the east.

The kids rated this as one of their top two moments (the first of course being the huge flying fox). Great scenery, and I’d love to go back some time.

Select the Basecamp Wallaroo album in the Photo Gallery to see more pictures.

  

Basecamp Wallaroo (Part 1)

October 3, 2006 /
During May, I was lucky enough to travel to Wallaroo, near Darwin, for our school camp.

The scenery was spectacular, and I spent many hours snapping shots while out bushwalking with the kids.

Tunnel Creek

October 3, 2006 /
We visited Tunnel Creek on our way back from our Mt Barnett adventure. It was an amazing experience, and quite surreal just thinking about the force and volume of water that must have passed through just to wear away such a large hole through the rockface.I had always assumed it was a fairly small tunnel, but was very surprised to find it stretch for a good half-kilometre or so.

It’s every bit as interesting and amazing as some of our other caving systems – rather like the entrance road to the Jenolan Caves in New South Wales.

Anna Branch

October 3, 2006 /
I hold a fair bit of Fitzroy Crossing affinity with Anna Branch. It was here that i caught my very first barra (a 67cm beauty), much to the chargrin of the other fishermen who had been there all day without at bite (I was in and out in half-an-hour… if only that happened all the time!).

Anna Branch is one of the points where the Margaret River joins the Fitzroy River. I’m told that during full flood, it is a true sight to watch the Margaret as it tries to force its way into the Fitzroy – with any luck, I can get out and snap some shots in January!

 Anna Branch

Kimberley Fires

October 3, 2006 /

July through to October seems to produce some spectacular bushfires throughout the Kimberley. It’s dry, often windy, and warm enough to ensure raging flames.

Apparently the vast majority are deliberately lit, to the regular annoyance of the local FESA unit.

This shot is taken from our backyard, and doesn’t even come close to truly doing justice to the huge flames it was throwing off.

Manning Pool

October 3, 2006 /
During our 2005 trip along the Gibb River we stopped at Manning Pool for our first time and were struck by the beauty of it. We were on our way to Kalumburu to visit our parents and had travelled from Newman, picking up Derek in Broome, and settled camp at the Pool.

While we were there fishing, I tested out the panoramic function on my Nikon digital camera, taking about eight images, and then promptly forgetting about them. About six months after the trip, Derek mentioned he had spliced the images together in Gimp, and then six months after that I finally saw the finished product.

Needless to say, it has been blown up, framed and sits proudly in the entrance to our house. The first of many TJ & DM collaborations? Probably not, but it does look great.

Donkey Crossing

October 3, 2006 /

One of the places Emma and I like to put the boat in is up at Donkey Crossing. The stretch of river itself is about five kilometres from the main road, along a two-tyre 4WD track.

As you can see from the image, it is a peaceful, beautiful stretch of water. We’re told it’s a great spot for barra (although we haven’t caught one there yet), but we can definitely vouch for the size and quantity of the cherebin that can be caught here!

My first barra

October 3, 2006 /
My first ever barra came after three months of trying… many, many hours of sitting down by the river waiting for the big hit.

I caught it out at Anna Branch, on an 80-pound handline (it wasn’t breaking that!) and a 4/0 suicide hook. I had a small Spangled Perch on as live bait.

It was 67cm, and I was very proud of it! My official tally now stands at two barra – I caught one about two weeks ago, trolling up at Geikie Gorge.

With any luck, the barra fishing will get easier for me…

Wet Season in Fitzroy

October 3, 2006 /
The wet season in Fitzroy Crossing allows the opportunity for some amazing cloud shots with so many different colours.

This one was taken in April, towards the end of the wet, on the road out to Geikie Gorge National Park. Since then, it’s been a little barren in terms of both rain and clouds, although that is beginning to change.

The past few days has seen the build-up begin again, although the locals assure me that rain is at least a few months off yet… I can only hope it comes quicker than that!
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