TUESDAY 10 TH JUNE..... Off early through Jericho and Alpha,stop at Snows Bakery,well worth it!! 300 kms later called into do a shop and then out to the Boat and Ski club,we joined up for the year and it still works out cheaper than the caravan park plus Murphy gets to roam,no lead!
Our site and view of the lake!
The caretakers pets!!
Went over and had happy hour with the other guys at the caravan park.WEDNESDAY 11 TH JUNE, biked over to the guys ,4 kms away ,up hill and down dale!! Terry and Buck took boat out and laid the pots.Sheathers joined us for a BBQ ! THURSDAY... out to check pots,got around 25 Red Claw,Terry will cook them up for lunch! Bit overcast ,around 25 degrees,gets down to 15 overnight!
Red claw bodies ready to go into the pot!
FRIDAY 13 TH MAY...Buck and Terry went out to check the pots,not a big bounty so Buck put gates on the traps so they can't get out!
A tasty little creeter! They catch them up to over 40 cms long! We have a selection in a tub ,keeping them alive for a feast with the group on Saturday night!
Buck coming up from the ramp in his rig!
Cockatoos and lovely coloured parrots come in for a feed!
SATURDAY 14 TH.......group dinner at the caravan park,Grilled redclaw with mornay sauce,sautéed redclaw on angle hair pasta,redclaw risotto and home made apple pie,custard and cream,fed 14 ,great night! SUNDAY 15 TH..quiet day,Buck and Trey out in the boat on the morn to check pots,averaging 30-40 per day,good sized ones!Drinks in the afternoon!
MONDAY 16 TH...... Organised 14 mates to come over for dinner at the boat club.Buck organised the wood barby and the fire bucket and went down under the cover with the chairs and tables,perfect!
Dinner for 14!
Sunset over Lake Marabooon,aboriginal for,"where the black ducks fly ".
Not sure what was so funny!
Sunday arvo drinkies!!
The elder of our group,real character ,has a way with birds of both variety,Doug Quinn,calls himself, " The Mighty Quin."You learn a lot from these guys!! Dinner again Thursday night but it's only for 8 this time,Doug's wife Flo is cooking for us! TUESDAY 17TH....All we seem to do is eat and drink so a day off in between is bliss!!! Trip into Emerald to re stock!
WEDNESDAY 18 TH ..... not a huge catch today but good sized ones,I cooked them,Buck peeled them,I am over it !!!
Found this tree,apparently a pest in Qld,like the hollianda,poisonous to cattle!Native to South America and the a West Indies !
This is the pod before the flower appears,commonly known as the " dickhead tree" because of shape of pod!! He he!!
THURSDAY 19 TH JUNE........have been trying to entice these fellows ,leave them alone and they come to you!
Came for Murphys water and ended up with some apple,very tame!!
FRIDAY 20 TH- SATURDAY 21 ST.......Few redclaw today and another van moved in next door . Saturday,a trip to town by myself ,a pedicure and down time out,back to camp and off to the others for a risotto dinner and Flo made an apricot sponge for dessert. Yummo!!
The dinner group!
Buck out on the dam,early morn, Jenny Black took the pic,not so horizontal !!!
Trudy McBurnies snaps on a foggy Saturday morn!!
The fog was low on the water and Buck and a few others got a bit disorientated !
This is redclaw before they are beheaded and cooked!!
Not our catch but Buck has redone the bait,better tomorrow!!!
Colin the Kookaburra,comes down everyday for a feed,extremely tame!
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