We catch some fish!

Another lazy morning, another cooked breakfast - something halfway between a bacon and cheese omelette or scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon in it.

Finally got our act together mid morning and took the car onto the beach again, this time turning right (north/east) and heading up the beach for a good 20 kilometres or so.  Larry was wondering if the fishing up here might be better as we had seen plenty of cars/quadbikes heading up this way each day but the coast just looked the same as everywhere else - same depth of water, same wave patterns, same absence of fish.  We drove and drove until there was no one else in sight so that we felt completely remote and alone probably for the first time all holiday.  We hopped out of the car and drank in the silence and solitude and could see no other sign of civilisation in any direction.  That is, until we looked more closely and realised that there was some sort of boat out on the horizon and then a glint of glass on the beach back the way we came heralded the beginning of a convoy of 4WD's come to shatter our solitude.  Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

Back to the caravan and had toasted sandwiches for lunch.  The idea was to close up the van, put on the air-conditioning and watch the Eagles game before heading back down to the beach for a spot of twlight fishing with high tide scheduled for about 8pm.  Well, we got through the first three quarters of football then gave up in disgust when the Eagles decided to stop playing in final quarter and hit the beach a bit earlier than planned.

Tonight we tried a different combination of hooks and bait as Larry had had a conversation during the day with one of the quad bike brigade who advised that although the usual tackle arrangement had worked for him the last 13 years, it wasn't working this year and suggested a different set up to Larry.  Well, we tried the new set up and unfortunately one line snapped about 5 minutes in.  The little rod which we had brought along as a different option was then pressed into service and Larry went on to catch about 6 fish.  Unfortunately they were all as small, if not smaller, than the bait we had been using the previous day but at least we actually got the thrill of catching something at last, if only to ''Rex Hunt" them back to sea.

We stayed until the sun set and all the stars were twinkling in the sky and then headed home for a late dinner of steak, potatoes and the last of the salad vegetables.