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[trout]

As my new swag is a Double I bought a couple of new sleeping bags, one has a left hand side zipper and the other has the zip on the right hand side.
I was able to join the two together to make a huge double sleeping bag out of them :yahoo:

[Nevol]

At present I'm patiently waiting for my Rosella plants to start fruiting.  :whistle2:

Woohoo, first signs of buds on my 4 largest plants. :yahoo:

[trout]

Do you have some netting to keep the birds at bay Nevol?

[robbiegal]

I'll take a pic of my skinny sad looking Rozella  plants .....

[Nevol]

Do you have some netting to keep the birds at bay Nevol?

No netting. Didn't have any probs with birds last year, so hoping this year's the same. Plenty aphids and ants though.

[trout]

Thanks for the reminder about the EPIRB AJ. :good:
I Checked mine today and the batteries were out of date Last Year :dash1:
I now have a brand new one now that expires 2027

[ausjack]

That's what I'm here for mate :friends:

[trout]

That's what I'm here for mate :friends:

I have also renewed my flares in the boat, The old ones will be used first if I have to of course.
Not only are flares important when boating But they Can and Do prove to be very useful in a search and rescue mode if broken down or after an accident in a remote area of the Bush :good:

[Unicorn]

Not only are flares important when boating but they can and do prove to be very useful in a search and rescue mode if broken down or after an accident in a remote area of the Bush :good:

Yes, I can see you doing a Harry Butler dressed like this ....

[Pedro]

You couldn't miss those from miles away :biggrin:

Pedro

[trout]

I recon if I saw that in the Bush I doubt that I would "Miss" it either :Gigakach_01:

[Nevol]

Picked my first crop (360g) of Rosellas this morning, but not enough to do a production run, so I'll separate the calyx from the  seeds and freeze them separately.

What a bugger though, my 3 biggest plants fell over 'cos the all the rain made the ground so soft.  Propped 'em up temporarily, have to do a more permanent job on them though as they get top heavy when they're cropping well.

Even my 3 smallest plants are flowering at about 60cm height, so hopefully I'll be busy making jam soon. Yummy!

[robbiegal]

Yum yum

[ausjack]

You've opened up a can of worms now Nevol, they'll all want your berries :shock:

[trout]

Picked my first crop (360g) of Rosellas this morning,

Nice Plump looking fruits, It's No wonder the plants are being pulled over with the weight of them :good:

I got back from my fishing trip yesterday arvo.
The weather was a bit unkind but the fish were cooperative and my grandson managed to catch many different species that he had never seen before along with a thumping big yellow finned bream at 63cm which is a pretty good effort for a 13 year old :good:
The pink snapper were pretty thin on the ground but we managed a few fish But nothing over 500mm so none of them were "Keepers" But we did have a lot of fun with the juvenile bronze whalers at meter or so long and one solitary mulloway at a bit over a meter that was a bit of a surprise catch for the area we were fishing
The kids were a bit put out with there being No phone or internet connectivity at first But soon forgot about that and settled down to fishing and exploring the area.
I did all the cooking and my Grandson reckoned that he was eating better food than at home, God love him
All in all it was a very pleasant trip with No major problems or breakdowns and we all ended up with a few feeds of fish nicely  vacuum packed and frozen the day they were landed :yahoo: