Gold Coast fishing

It’s winter and fishing time. We’re off to go and catch some snapper, Jew fish, king fish and anything else that’ll bite. I was a bit over enthusiastic dressing in only shorts and thongs as the first 2 hours I am truly freezing my tits off. The fishing is good, we catch a lot of keepers. And then it happens, one of us has got something big. The rod bends deeply, the owner is fighting for every inch of line, when all of the sudden he is almost pulled into the water. It takes 10 seconds for my mate to find back his feet and reel in what was supposed to be a monster. But... only the head comes up, the rest has been eaten by a monster shark.

I catch the largest fish of the day: a nice shark. We see plenty of Whales and a dolphin enjoys jumping on the waves of our wake.

My mate loses his hat on the way back. Check the picture: hat, no-hat.

Port Douglas Boating

Today we’ve rented a boat and Kieran takes a liking to the captain’s seat. We’ve got huge steaks, salad, fishing rods and the weather is stunning. Fortunately we encounter some friendly locals willing to give us their bug spray as the sand flies are relentless, there’ll be no relief from the heat as the waters are infested with crocs. We catch a couple of fish, see some sunken boats from the hurricane that came through here earlier this year and enjoy the quiet nature.

Cairns Diving

Yep, we’re in Cairns again. A nice spot to go to go in the winter. We decide to go diving with a local operator claiming they have a unique Whale swimming license. The whale story proves to be a scam as one of the senior master divers who has been working with the operator for 2 years confirms that he hasn’t swum with any of them...

But, the diving is spectacular and as the saying goes: the best place to be is under the sea.