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[Triggersmob]

Looks very nice. Enjoy your holiday.

[ausjack]

:scratch_one-s_head: what's the go with all the other cars, I'd want a nice quiet spot away from everyone, like bloody hell you in the middle of nowhere..but it does look like a nice spot

[trout]

2 of the three cars in the pic are ours.
There are probably a dozen other grey haired nomads camped on this 3 mile stretch of this large freshwater pool here.
I was going to camp on the saltwater side about a mile downstream  from the rockbar/causeway but the mozzies and sandflies are a bit nasty at night there.

I am not sure if there are any cherabin or yabbies here But I did bring some yabby traps and will deploy a few tomorrow to see what is here :good:
I set a couple of crab nets from the bank of a tidal creek that is nearby  but it was low tide and I only managed the one crab today.

[robbiegal]

i was going to be cheeky and ask if you were camping near a dry river or a flowing one ... looks fantastic  
enjoy
that is what holidays are about mate

ps i spotted those blasted caster oil plants on the river bank too
they are everywhere in this country!!

[trout]

i was going to be cheeky and ask if you were camping near a dry river or a flowing one ... looks fantastic  
enjoy
that is what holidays are about mate

ps i spotted those blasted caster oil plants on the river bank too
they are everywhere in this country!!

The castor oil plants are not that thick and nowhere near as bad as they are along the Burdekin just out from Charters Towers

[ausjack]

Cool, one crab is better than none :yahoo:

[robbiegal]

i was going to be cheeky and ask if you were camping near a dry river or a flowing one ... looks fantastic  
enjoy
that is what holidays are about mate

ps i spotted those blasted caster oil plants on the river bank too
they are everywhere in this country!!

The castor oil plants are not that thick and nowhere near as bad as they are along the Burdekin just out from Charters Towers

yes - my Nth QLD memories of the plant showing here

[Goldseeker]

Charters Towers was were I used to go gold prospecting.   Down past the abotoirs on the Gregory Development Road for about six klms then in on the left onto private property.

A Mr Eric Smith's property I used to prospect on.

[robbiegal]

the old Charter's Towers cemetery is filled up with quite a few of my rellies  
they were also there for the gold
along with everyone else who was trying to make their fortune as well in the 1870's ísh
don't believe that any of my rellies made it big but they remained in this country and made it home to their future generations, myself being a part of that legacy

[trout]

I spent many a weekend off while I was based in Townsville hunting wild pigs on the Burdekin.
The blasted caster oil plants were tough to shoot through and even harder to walk through, The pigs however had NO problem smashing their way through them :dash1:
Charters Towers is a great little town and I much preferred the pubs there than in Townsville
We had a great day yesterday.
We spent some time travelling on the many 4wd tracks that abound here and ended up near the mouth of the Ashburton.
I caught a few muddies, queenfish and a nice solid grunter that we will be having for tea today

This is the look of a happy crabber



Mrs Trout sussing out an anthill.


I am getting too old to be able to get to the top of these now

[ausjack]

Looks like your havin funny :good:
Smoke me a kipper

[trout]

We had another big day yesterday crabbing and fishing and we both woke up this morning feeling our age with aches and pains from tip to toe so we are having a day off as I think we are having far too much fun
I caught a couple of thumping big Mullet in my cast net while getting some live baits and I filleted/boned them and we had them fried in butter for tea.
The lowly Mullet to me is one of the best eating fish in the sea and as I have a couple of nice fillets of Mangrove jack in the fridge already we released all the other fish we caught yesterday :good:

I made us each up a crabmeat cocktail for an aperitif and the mullet with veggies went down perfectly for dinner :yahoo:

[ausjack]

Sounds like ya's are havin fun :good:
Yes mullet is good eating alright but our river stuff you have to make sure you get all the skin and gut lining other wise and little bit will make they taste like mud. Don't bring your nets to NSW as we're not allowed to use any nets for anything and we have to use these stupid little baitbox but I'm pretty sure QLD can use them for getting bait, we are the most over legislated state of all and we're not allowed slingshots either but in apparently in QLD they call them "bait casters" so there's always more than one way yo skin a cat

[Unicorn]

I'm glad you're having a blast. That crab pic is excellent. :good:

Is mullet boney?

[ausjack]

Not if you fillet properly