The fishing, as always was very poor with
few fish caught and not many bites! When is the world going to realize that
eventually the once plentiful bounty that the seas hold is being depleted at an
alarming rate? So much so that fish such as Cod around the UK coast have all
but been eradicated. I personally believe that the owners of super trawlers
should be brought to justice for annihilating fish stocks. Yet another example
of mans disregard for Mother Nature and as long as the fat cats get fatter who
cares?
Ok so the fishing was shite, the company
was great and we made plans for a visit to the Gold Coast. The only problem
with this is that The Gold Coast is notoriously unfriendly to travellers. There
is a definite no go zone for free camping within this area. I managed to find a
spot at the Labrador AFL club and for the cost of annual membership ($12) was
able to park within their grounds.
Sadly our time at Labrador came to an end when the manager of the club got a call from the council asking us to move. We did have a great time there and were lucky that we managed to stay as long as we did.
We managed to find a great little spot in
the corner of the car park well away from the club itself. Alan the club
manager was a great help, although he couldn’t promise long term camping (the
grounds belong to the council) he said we could stay as long as the council
would let us. This was a great location for us as Dave was literally a short 5
minutes drive away. It was so great to see both Dave and Kath who have been
friends now for many years and will remain friends forever.
We are getting very apt at this camping
lark and come up with many different ways of making our lives easier. We can
now fillup our 70 litre on board water tanks by using water bladders and a
little height. It can be slow but as we’re in no rush it works well.
We
did lots of fishing mainly at the Spit (where very little was caught again).
The fishing definitely comes second to the company and we have always had a
great laugh while we put the world to rights. Poor Dave just can’t hold his liquor
and lost at least one beer off the rock wall (Winker). He did however bring a
couple of Tetleys smooth flow (ice cold with frozen pint glasses). Neither of
us spilt a drop and it tasted delicious. Thanks mate!
A trip to Coolangatta for a picnic and we
came across this little beauty. He didn’t seem at all bothered by our company.
However the snorting bull terrier was just itching for a fight. As ever we had
a tight lead on the 4-legged pugilist. If the truth be know Casper is scared of
his own shadow at times.
Sadly our time at Labrador came to an end when the manager of the club got a call from the council asking us to move. We did have a great time there and were lucky that we managed to stay as long as we did.
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