Mitch & I went fishing on the 1 Mile Jetty with friends Steve & Lance, Mitch & I caught the first 2 fish, little striped snapper then Mitch caught a really nice Golden Trevally which we shared for tea. I put on a heavy reel with wire trace & gang hook to see if we could get a big one & just as we were about to leave we hooked something big, I fought it for a couple of minutes, I had let out a heap of line & the spool was red hot but in th...

Our first day at Carnarvon we did the obligatory Op shop visit then drove out to the famous 1 mile Jetty & Heritage Precinct. Here we checked out the Railway Museum & the Shearers Museum & Hall of Fame. Although small the Museum was interesting, we read all about the Mad Eight, the best shearing team ever, they shore over 250,000 sheep in 9 months with the Ringer regularly shearing over 300 a day. We then checked out the Satellite Earth Station &...