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Lachlan held a winter barra from Lucinda. Kangaroos at Cape Hillsborough.
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$4 for six minutes ($2 coins only).
Daniel has spent time getting to know his new ‘home’ and was able to put Lachy onto a nice barra on the first cast at one of his spots.
Beach Camping Area and see the nearby lo- calities of Seaforth and Ball Bay.
more challenging trip down the Eungella Range.
your ability to fish at peak times and be more successful.
This is a fabulous ini- tiative and will benefit the community as well as travellers.
Our Brilliant Cobra XL caravan performed faultlessly (thanks Mei, Kee and Therr Che from Brilliant Cara- vans) and was a pleas- ure to tow, even on the
As always, I can be contacted via the Bush ‘n Beach website, by email at fishnboat@bigpond. comorpostatPOBox 5812 Bundaberg West Queensland 4670.
Over the holidays we were able to take our Brilliant Cobra XL caravan on a sojourn northward to visit a few places on our bucket list.
A four-day stay in Townsville at the BIG4 Rowes Bay Beachfront Holiday Park provided us a central location from which to explore the Strand and its eater- ies, Magnetic Island for a day trip with a return transfer and bus combo deal as well as Cas- tle Hill, Paluma Range National Park and Queensland Country Bank Stadium (home of the North Queensland Cowboys).
With the tide building, we moved up into one of the creeks and tar- geted mangrove jack, with several solid fish landed on live baits.
Until next month...
Cape Palmerston Holiday Park was a fabulous base for two nights and provided the opportunity to fish the local creek.
There was a chill in the air as we headed home in the dark from our first afternoon of fishing but I was look- ing forward to another opportunity the next day.
While we didn’t have any crab pots with us, we saw locals moving their pots around chas- ing muddies.
The kids enjoyed their jet ski rides at Horse- shoe Bay and a snorkel at Arcadia.
Early the next after- noon we headed to a spot that fishes well around the turn of the tide.
This was a great park and highly recom- mended.
Lachy landed a nice blue salmon and Daniel caught a barra as well as some cod.
Broken River Camp- ground in Eungella Na- tional Park was where we spent our next two days.
The temperatures were so warm here the kids slept on top of their sleeping bags inside their swags and had their canvas flaps open to try to catch the breeze at night.
We had a great time and enjoyed the fishing opportunities in this area.
Joel knows how to target Miara lizards.
As well as having the prime campsite over- looking the platypus pool, we explored the other camping areas (Crediton Hall was a great one we found) and Eungella Dam.
My son Lachlan was keen to catch up with our good friend Daniel, who recently moved to Lucinda, in the hope of Daniel helping him to catch a barra.
Lachy and I are plan- ning another trip to this area next year.
The local commu- nity group, based at the Eungella Commu- nity Hub, provided hot showers at the cost of $2 for three minutes or www.bnb shing.com.au
Our last stop was at Cape Hillsborough Na- ture Tourist Park for two nights.
Wanderers Holiday Village was a fabulous base here.
While there we had the opportunity to see the famous kangaroos on the beach at dawn, visit the Smalleys
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