Darawank 2012 wk 2

February 7^th, Went out fishing with Wayne (next door caravan neighbor) this morning and we went back to the spot where the fish were biting yesterday. The water is brown with a lot of driftwood, following the storms and flooding. Wayne caught a good size Flathead and Bream, I caught a whiting which Val enjoyed for her dinner. Another storm came through after dinner, just what we needed, Hah!

February 8^th, We had very heavy rain overnight and something had fallen off the huge trees we are under and punched 2 holes in our already damaged roll out awning. I went down to check on the boat, after breakfast, only to find that the river was up again and the boat was half full of water. 30 minutes later and I had pumped all the water out of the boat, thankfully I have a bilge pump. Had a fish off the boardwalk on the riverfront and caught a 27cm bream.

February 9^th, had a quiet day, caught a 30cm bream of the boardwalk.

February 10^th, Joan & Robert came up from Newcastle today. It was good to catch up and they delivered our mail. I took Robert out for a fish, in the tinny, but we didn’t catch any keepers. After lunch we played some “tiles” (Rumicube)  and Joan & Robert left around 6pm for home, only a 2 hour drive. It was a very enjoyable day and we finished it off by shouting ourselves a Pizza for Dinner from the Café here in the Park.

February 11^th, More rain overnight. While out Shopping Val put her bets on “Stompin”, which was running again at Ascot in WA. Unfortunately, having moved up another class it didn’t run a place. I caught a 31 cm bream off the boardwalk, late afternoon.

February 12^th, Another quiet day, watching the waterskiers and speed boats pulling their kids around on rubber rings. It’s a weekend activity on the river every week. We fished off the boardwalk in the afternoon then had a BBQ with the Caravanning group staying in the Park. Elle & Harvey with their son Andrew, Lorriane & Wayne, June & Bruce and us made up the group. It was bring your own everything, with a little sharing, and we all had an enjoyable time.

February 13^th, Went out fishing with Wayne and I caught a 29 cm Whiting.