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are you wondering who Stingray is?? Yes it is our new little gumboat we bought some couple of days ago! she is a girl and loves it to be on top of Sharky when we are driving around!! unfortunately her motor isn't very powerful but ideal to go on a lake or on a very very calm sea! we took her out already 3 times! but she prefers the Peter Faust Dam. on Thursday we spent the whole day at the Peter Faust Dam. it is an artificial Dam on the Proserpine river! it is huge and actually it took it only 12 months to fill it up with rain water which is quite incredible when you see the width of it! Oli had the great idea to drive there when the sun is rising so we had to stand up at quarter to 5 and drove into the sunrise! it was fantastic, especially the atmosphere on the road with fog over the fields. When we arrived there, the clouds were turning pale rosa and looked like candyfloss!
we spend the whole day there, fishing, driving around with Stingray, lying in the grass (where there were a lot of very small spiders), sun bathing and swimming in the lake and bbq-ing! it was wonderful and felt like we did a whole week of holiday! the sunset was breathtaking, with the reflexion of the sun in the water! it is for sure not the last time we've been there!!:)
Houseboat, no we didn't buy one! haha not yet!;)
Oli met while fishing in Shute Harbour a very nice couple. he helped them several times carrying the bag to the boat. so i got an offer to be taken out on the boat with them. one sunny afternoon Oli decided to ask them and as they didn't have time they just explained Oli how the boat works and we could have it for the whole afternoon!
so the next day we were invited on their boat to fish a little and have a great time! their boat is big, aroung 20-25 meters long, in construction as they are changing the interior but with a lot of charme. This couple is great, they like to share everything they have, are warm-hearted, very convivial and funny. They brew their own beer and distill their own vodka which is even better then the Absolut Vodka (and my friends know i much i like the Absolut!) But this Vodka, you can drink it pure on the rocks or with a little bit of soda water and lemon juice. So refreshing!:)
HAHA and that day, was MY day! Oli had already caught quite a lot of fishs in a good size to be eaten and i still didn't catch anything bigger than 25 cm. (which was actually very depressing as all my fish were just babys) but that DAY! i still can't believe it! It started with a cat fish! a very tasty fish of good 50 cm long! wuhu! i was so happy! then we went to the reef and i caugth a patato cod which is protected so we released it, a parrot fish, and a murray! the parrot is a delicious fish! we eat it one hour later! and the murray is actually one of the worst fish to eat as it smells like s*** (because he only eat that). and finally that that, when we were back on the big boat and it was already dark i caught.... a SHARK! don't worry it was a reef shark so only about 1 meter long!:) unfortunately he snapped the line before we could take a picture... :( but I caught one!!! i am still excited about it!:) (i won't mention that that day Oli didn't catch any fish! hihi ;) )
ok he did. early in the morning we could go with Bob, the guy from the fishing shop, and his boat on the Peter Faust Dam and Oli caught a massiv Barramundi!! 120 cm and around 20 Kilos! hihi Oli was so happy! unfortunately we can't eat that fish as he is too old and on fresh water so the taste is very bad because of the weed. so they released it after the picture!:)
so now i think you are updated!:) we will try to keep you up to date a little more often than we did the last couple of weeks!;)
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