Monday was spent shopping for bits and pieces we are always seeming to need. It's amazing how fast things wear out in the salt air we live in and with being constantly used.
We had to buy a new TV antenna as the other had a little piece fall off quite a while ago and is probably suffering from that salt air. We also had to buy ourselves another two new chairs-left home with 3, bought two more and now these. They get run over, break and just wear out! Fishing gear is always being broken or lost on the rocks and reefs so more of that too.
Tuesday we launched the boat off the beach and headed out for a few hours fishing. The tide was pretty strong and fish very limited where we were prepared to go. I would say Broome is all but fished out unless you have a big boat and can get miles out. We've been offered just that with a work mate of Blair's who'll fly in Saturday. I'm hoping he feels like it as it would be great.
Tuesday night we went over to James' and Beth's Park for pizza. They have a pizza man visit every Tuesday with his wood fired oven and all. We arrived 5.30, sat and had dip and drinks until 6pm then went and ordered only to be told he'd run out of dough! 6pm!! Sooo we rang a Chinese restaurant only to hear on the message they were shut Tuesdays (in the Dry Season!), then rang the Old Zoo Cafe (yes we could have a table at 9PM) then Eagle Boys could deliver in 1 1/2 hours. Finally ordered Eagle Boys and picked it up 15 minutes later. The town is mad with tourists.
Quandong Point
Yesterday (Wednesday) Russ and James had planned to go out fishing, but the tides and wind were really wrong for it. Russ and I packed up a picnic and headed out to Quandong point then back to Barred Creek and Willie Creek. Quandong is a beautiful and quite isolated camping spot, Barred Creek a mangrove swamp with the remains of a petrified forest overlooking the sea and Willie creek at low tide is amazing. A creek runs through sand dunes out to the ocean, but you can see where the tide was going to rise and all would be under water.
Willie Creek at Low Tide
Last night it was a bit chilly (down to a cool 19c) when we were getting dinner ready. I can't tell you how much we enjoyed a roast chicken on a coolish night ;-)
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