Up early - Locked up
house and shed – hooked up and on the road 0730hrs –Nev. and Marg came out
cheerio, Kirby off to WORK!
Sue's - FJ Cruiser locked up !
Breakfast at Cowell – sunny but cold!!
Salt mound left behind when the industry collapsed.
Port Augusta 1235hrs refueled, Arid Lands for lunch – no tea required – 1335hrs back on the road to Lake Hart 549ks Avg. 81.4kph, 17.4LHK, 6.5hrs drive time.
Crashed early – got chilly during the night.
Pebbles - 14k's north Tenant Creek - we arrived early with only one other camper, it soon got crowded
Cape Crawford - Heart Break Hotel - the bloke sitting on the veranda (just behind the right post) Is waiting for fuel for his Cat. D10 doing reclamation work on gravel pits - his machine had been drained of fuel = stolen!!
P
arked up on the river bank and getting the plumbing organised
Beer o'clock and shelling almonds, kindly provided by
Nev. and Marg.
1st evening sun set - magic
Up early for the sun rise - magic
Breakfast served with hot long black
Flat white!
Our river bank site vacated a week ago, soft sand prevented access - great for us.
Colin and Pam off early
Young fellow chucking a cast net______
In fact it was 77 year old Barry keeping young. Just to prove the previous cast was not a fluke. Barry's been onsite 3 months and had not got his tinnie wet yet - to busy!
White dingo stalking us
Hot and thirsty work
Yet to get the bike off
Breakfast at Duck Island - alas no fish
Friendly local
Fresh fish for tea - queenie with a dusting of flour and turmeric
Found on the river bank
Guess what, I grabbed this mangrove and got stung - bugger!
Now here's tea - Mangrove Jack - Sue's excited!!
SIZZLE, sizzle with wedges and salad
Cleaned to the bone!
My fridge stand ex-KAB rubbish dump 1215
Mick was taking this camp chair to the dump, one leg fractured now sleeved and in use by my brother Chook
One of the many sharks we hooked
At least this one was small enough to get our retrieve our tackle
Good size Blue Nose Salmon gave me a hurry up
Brassy Trevely - good action
This bloke and his 10 year old touring around Australia with their ultra light - the daughter takes video
Delayed take off due to FOG! Till around 1030hrs
Finally clear skies - reported masses of fish at the estuary mouths
Rubbish dump battery powered our GPS/Sounder and UHF Radio for the duration of our fishing excursions at KAB.
1k from camp - trolling on the off chance of landing a Barra - wrong Barra species
Toothy critter ____ Bait and_____
Smoked!!
Another BNS gave Sue a hurry up
Another exotic by Sue - sucker fish
Crabbers shacks on the Davies Channel
Now that was a large snake
Sue's CHEEK hooked Barra - legal
Happy fisher person - 580mm
Our friendly blue wing
KAB Dump treasure
Soon repaired
My Paradise Creek jacket - yep! laying on the mud bank, duly gaffed, and washed - back home fitted with a new $20 plastic zip.
Pelican Rock at the mouth of the Carrington Channel - 1st time we have ventured out here.
Good size Queenie - returned to the briny
Found lures
The only landmark to and from the Chadwicks
Finger Mark - fresh fish for tea
with crab starter!
Crikey - packing already, pulled our moorings
Front hitch sure makes it easy to get the tinnie trailer down the boat ramp.
Our departing visitor
Off to Lake Katherine on the Georgina River
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