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Saturday, 26 March 2011

Fishing


This morning we got up and went fishing with Mark who lives across the road in his 'tinnie' (Aussie speak for a small boat). We had four fishing rods and a bag full of prawns for bait. I had the very nice job of handing prawns to the boys to bait their hooks. It was actually really nice to be out on the river, floating along in the sun, catching fish and looking at the mangroves.
Sam was the winning fisherman and caught two small bream - he had to throw them back though because they were under size.

After fishing we came back to the house and just chilled out sorting out paper work - we have now booked our flights to Perth for the 4th May and it will be fantastic to fly over and see Charlotte and Neil. Whilst we were booking the flights etc Sam headed off to the skate park with the local kids - he is now part of a gang of kids who skate around Corindi and all seem really nice. Corindi is such a small, safe place it's brilliant because he can just head off and say he will be back at a certain time and you don't have to worry. That's why travelling with a 13 year old is so much easier than travelling with a younger child. They are old enough to be sensible on the roads, know what time to come home and not go off with any strange men (although he did come home and say that he was going to look at someones puppy earlier!)

This evening we went to Red Rock Beach with Mark and Scott. This is the most gorgeous secluded beach and gets it's name from the red pigment in the rock, which is what the aborigines used to paint their bodies. Red Rock is also called 'Blood Rock'and apparently this is due to a massacre of aborigines which happened here many many years ago, but adds a slightly eerie feel to the area. We walked up to the headland and it was super windy, the waves were crashing in and the sun was going down, it was pretty spectacular... and then we went to the local bowling club for a chinese meal (cunningly named 'Red Wok!') After a huge feed we are all crashed out on the sofa.

Picture attached of Sam catching his fish

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