Making Traxx

Quick dash to Woolies for last minute food for next few days off grid. On the way out of town we stopped at 'The Fresh Seafood Place' had good variety but definitely had tourist prices. Anyway we bought, a Doz oysters, a kg of green frozen prawns, 6 pieces of fresh Blue Fin Tuna, a slab of frozen Yellow Fin Tuna, a packet of frozen Scallops and a kg of 'fresh' cooked prawns (frozen/defrosted).

Easy drive to Fishery Bay which is next to Whalers Way, and is a surfing beach for board riders, paddle boards and seals. We are booked in for two nights at $10 per night. Wow, what a great spot, 2 minutes to a beautiful beach, close to toilets and rubbish bins, flat spacious sites...winning.

Set up camp, had seafood lunch - yum. Drive up the beach, Wayne is in heaven, beach driving, fishing, sunshine, beautiful clear water. Caught 2 Salmon which were released (not great eating) fun to catch. Back to camp for Barbequed Blue Fin Tuna fillets chips and salad around the fire, doesn't get any better.

Sat around listening to some great music and chatting to Sandy. Perfect day.Les mer

No sleeping in here, there is a Mother Ring Neck Parrot that escaped from the Bird Aviary 6 months ago, but her 3 babies (2 yrs old now) are still there, so she sits in a tree and calls to them for hours on end, sad to see them separated.

Woke up to a overcast day again but the wind had dropped so Wayne and I headed to the beach for some site seeing and fishing, Sandy opting to clean and do some work.

Drove to the base of the Sand Dunes and followed the signs along a dirt road to Scott's Beach, lovely long beach with not too much dead reeds on the sand. Next stop was a rock sitting off shore which I thought was Mexican Hat but when we went around the next peninsular I realised that I was wrong. This one definitely looked like a Mexican Hat. Ooops.

Interesting coast but the amazing view was actually behind us - the pure white Sand Dune running the entire bay, truly beautiful. We found a road onto the beach at the far end of the bay and drove the whole way on solid sand, stopped and had a fish at a gutter which looked promising at the end of the beach - not to be.

I went for a walk up a track off the beach and found a monument for a young lad whom had loved to fish and camp in the area, not sure what happened.

Drove back along the beach for a little bit and Wayne had another fish, hooked up a good one on the first cast and dropped it....that was all the action he got. A pod of Dolphins were herding bait out in front of him, I ran out with the Binoculars and found them, raced back to the car to set up the Drone. Launched it out to sea and the alarm went off telling me it was low battery, I really am nervous using it, bought it back in and changed the battery, went looking for the Pod again but they had gone...dam. Teach me to check the battery next time.

Found an exit from the beach over the Beautiful Dunes, was fun going up and down the hills and came out right in town, turns out we didn't have to drive the 30km on the dirt road, could have scooted along the beach without the corrugation.

Sandy & I went for a walk out on the Jetty and saw a school of Salmon swimming on the surface, plus some bait moving around. Wayne and I went out a couple of hours later for a late afternoon fish. Caught a Squid but no fish today.Les mer