Yesterday was our last in Wallaroo. We got out crabbing for an hour or so before the wind blew up (got 6 crabs and two squid). Then it was home for lunch before packing up the boat, trailer and fishing gear. We figure that's almost the last time we'll fish until we get to Tassie. We might find time to get out in Port Fairy, but there doesn't seem much to catch there.
The wind dropped in the late afternoon and the beach out the front was like a mill pond. It was amazing to see 7 of the ten prawn trawlers right out front (about 300 metres from shore) working. They have mostly sat in their pens for the two weeks we were in town so there must have been a huge school of prawns go by. They were actually trawling where we'd been crabbing in the morning and were out there amongst other tinnies enjoying the clam conditions. I always imagine any fishing boat out in huge seas, in all weather, and there they were.
I really enjoyed Wallaroo. It was a nice friendly town with beautiful old homes and public buildings and had enough services to satisfy anyone. If they didn't have it, Kadina was only about 8ks away. The beach out front the caravan park was lovely and just great for small kids and perfect to launch our boat from.
Today we drove to Point Turton intending to stay about 3 nights. I felt sick when we saw the crowded park and was thrilled when we were told they were booked out. It's only happened to us once before and I was happy to have it happen again. We drove on about 40ks to Corny Point and found they had no TV, phone or Internet reception, so drove on another 50ks to Marion Bay. The caravan park here is lovely-really nice clean facilities and almost empty. We haven't stayed in a busy park since we left Coral Bay on the Ningaloo Reef in WA in August and prefer not to if we can help it.
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