Friday, 21 May 2010
Kimberleys
All good things must come to an end and after hearing an unseasonal report for rain we headed off back down the road after a quick visit to the mission and haircuts all round. And boy did we make the right choice. Have a quick look at the video and I'll tell you all about it next time...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Out back
We turned of the Gibb river road and headed North. Stayed at some beautiful spots along the way and made it to the Mitchell falls National park, still just about in one piece, the day after it had opened. Two nights up here and a days hike out to the falls, check the photo's. The walk was definitely worth it. Then upwards some more along a track that wasn't officially open, to an outpost called Kalumburu mission. We were only the third visitors in this year! The place is cut off for 6 months each year and only gets it's provisions when the boat from Wyndham can make it. The mission store is run on a voluntary basis and we got chatting to the new couple who had only been helicoptered in 5 weeks ago. Paddy and Rhonda from Melbourne who seemed very excited by the fact we were from Somerset rightly so when it turned out they rented a cottage in Broadway 5 miles from our house and enjoyed dinners and beer at the pub we met in!! Now tell me it's not a small world.
It was here in Kalumburu (actually MacGowan's campsite just outta town) that I finally learnt to fish, or the fish finally learnt to bite my hook? First night a Queensland mackerel that, after a filleting lesson from Matthew, went in to a Thai fish curry. Next day Matthew (on holiday in their Landcruiser from Melbourne with wife, Isobel (from Leeds!) and two great kids) took me out in his little boat and I caught, in order, a Trevally, a Cod, a Perch and two Sharks. All went back in as not really big enough exept for the sharks which went in because for Karmic reasons I couldn't possibly eat one. That evening off the rocks a big trevally which also fed the couple next to us. Next day three trevally, one makerel a whopping queenfish which I dropped!! and a beautiful big rock cod which everyone was grateful for. Offers started coming in for my lure and everyone wanted to fish off "Gary's rock"!! Ha ha!
It was here in Kalumburu (actually MacGowan's campsite just outta town) that I finally learnt to fish, or the fish finally learnt to bite my hook? First night a Queensland mackerel that, after a filleting lesson from Matthew, went in to a Thai fish curry. Next day Matthew (on holiday in their Landcruiser from Melbourne with wife, Isobel (from Leeds!) and two great kids) took me out in his little boat and I caught, in order, a Trevally, a Cod, a Perch and two Sharks. All went back in as not really big enough exept for the sharks which went in because for Karmic reasons I couldn't possibly eat one. That evening off the rocks a big trevally which also fed the couple next to us. Next day three trevally, one makerel a whopping queenfish which I dropped!! and a beautiful big rock cod which everyone was grateful for. Offers started coming in for my lure and everyone wanted to fish off "Gary's rock"!! Ha ha!
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