A BOYS WEEK AWAY FISHING....

Whilst the girls and I were enjoying our week in Rocky, Steve and my cousin Lloyd took off for a weeks fishing up at the shack.

It has been a few years since they have done this, due to the fact that we have been away the last couple of years at this time of year.   Steve has been looking forward to it for weeks, so it was good to get their photos and see that they really were have a great week away together.  One of Steve;s other friends Charlie joined them for a couple of days as well. 

The shack

The loo

 It is pretty primitive, no glass windows, in parts, just a dirt floor, but it is surprisingly comfortable inside with beds, tables and chairs, old couches, fridge, stove and sink, and the good part about it is that you don't have to take up tents, beds, and a lot of the other gear you need when camping.  A real blokey's place. 

Fireplace where they cook their camp roasts.

Lamb roast on the menu for dinner tonight. 

All the comforts of home....

Sitting around the camp fire...

nice hot showers each night

The clean up

 They took heaps of food up with them, and bought most of it home, as they caught plenty of fish and crabs and these became their stable diet each night

He's landed a big one.

beautiful evenings

Think he has one...

looks to be a beauty too.  Look at that drag...

 Each day they bought home a feed...

The the big job each evening of cleaning and filleting their catch

 The currents were pretty strong the week they were up there and they ended up loosing a couple of their crab pots.  Steve ended up finding one of his, but it had drifted over a kilometre away from where he had first set it down...   The current also tore this house boat away from it's mooring and it drifted quite a way up stream, with part of it's patio area being ripped off. 

Torn from it's moorings by the strong current. 

They didn't do as well crab wise as other years, but they still enjoyed a good feed of crab most days...

A feast for a King

As happy as a piggy in mud...

 Charlie joined them for the weekend they were up there.  He didn't bring his boat this time,  the boys all went out in Steve's boat.    There was plenty of story telling and laughing.  It is a pity they can't get away like this more often. 

Lloyd getting all his gear ready before they head out. 

Another one landed in the boat.

Enjoying a hearty meal together after a hard day's work.

 Unfortunately all good thing must come to an end though, and once Charlie left, it was bascially the start of pack up time for the others, as they needed to go out and collect the crab pots as they had an early tide in the morning that they needed to get out on.

All packed up ready to load the boat

The end of another great fishing week.

Goodbye until next time....
The boys are already talking about the next one....