BreadnJamRndTassie 21/10/17 Week3

The iconic Streaky Bay jetty

It's the end of our 2nd week here at Streaky Bay, and it's time to move on to Adelaide tomorrow

We've had a relaxing time here, with mixed weather from cold & very windy, to hot. 

The fishing & surfing has not been as good as when we were here in March 2016, with only a couple of surfable days, & the wind being too strong to fish in our little boat at times. Still, we caught fish & crabs, had drinks & dinner at the Pub, cycled, read books, Jigsawed, & enjoyed the experience.

One of the days we got out in the boat, we were fishing near the Oyster racks.

The fishing was slow, we had 3 whiting, a flathead, & a Trevally in the bag over the side of the boat.

Then the  tide turned, the wind picked up a little, and the fish were just starting to come on the bite.

Suddenly, Jan noticed a large shape coming towards us in the water. At first glance I thought it was a shark, and considering we were in a small, plastic boat, I was a tad concerned. As the shape came closer, I realised it was a Dolphin. He was interested in the fish in the bag we had over the side. If he grabbed the bag & took off, our side boat rail would be dragged under, & the boat would fill up with water! Of course it was only 3 foot deep, so we wouldn't drown, however,  we pulled the bag in, but he kept swimming round & round the boat, & of course the fish went off the bite, so we thought we might as well feed the him(or her). He swam closer & closer to my outstretched hand holding the trevally, until eventually he came in & gently took it out of my hand. He kept hanging round after that, but we weren't going to give the rest of our fish! After he left, we packed it in and went home.

We couldn't top an experience like that!

A view down to Streaky Bay from a housing development on the hill. Building blocks start from $50,000, & views like this, cant be built out, $170,000

A short drive round the back of Streaky Bay takes us to Back Beach

Took a drive out to Granites again. This time a Jetski was doing tow-ins. Hard to pick up waves because of the low tide, but the surfer being towed had no problem.

Coloured rocks at Granites

unnamed left break over from Granites

Sorry to leave, but looking forward to catching up with South Australian, & ex West Australian friends in Adelaide.

BreadnJamRndTassie 14/10/17 week 2

Giving the Streaky Penguins a drink

Booked into the Van Park at Streaky Bay for a bit of fishing, surfing, cycling & chilling.
We decided to stay for a fortnight, its pretty nice here.
We went out to the Jetty & caught a feed of crabs with our drop nets we brought with us.

That night, we got the tail end of a storm that hit Ceduna & went on to Adelaide

Strong winds buffeted the van, awning & awning walls. At 2:30am we had

to go out & pull the whole thing down, with the wind threatening to get us 

airborne! I had to cut the guy ropes to collapse the whole thing. Luckily no

damage was done, except to make new guy ropes. I thought the dead tree near us 

was going to fall on us, but it held. The next day they came & cut it down &

ground the stump.

 

Once the wind cleared, we took the boat out for a fish.
The locals say its a bit early for the King George Whiting, but we managed
5 plus a flathead. Nice calm day out in about 3' of water.




As soon as we started cleaning them at the fish cleaning area in the park,
Pelicans materialised out of nowhere, getting so close as to almost snatch
the fish out of our hands while cleaning them!




The next day, with the wind swinging round to offshore, it was time
to head out to Granites Left for a wave.

Plenty of waves with only 6 surfers out.

the other left over to the left of the Left

The next day it was off fishing again in our little boat

We did better this time, catching a dozen. It was dead smooth, with not a drop of wind.

The water was crystal clear

The following day was sightseeing day, which took us off around the coast.
In places it's almost like the Great Ocean Road.

Found a wave like a mini Shipstern's Bluff

We leave here next Saturday for Adelaide, to catch up with Friends, & get to a dance of two.

BreadnJamRndTassie 1/10/17 Week 1

Woohoo! We're finally off on our Tassie trip via Kalgoorlie, Streaky Bay, Adelaide, Geelong, Ballarat, & Melbourne.

Stayed the first night at Ardath, over the road from the Ardath Hotel.

It had a population of 2, the Bartender, who was the owner, & one old local, attached to the bar.

We bought a beer & a wine, & had a chat to the 2 of them. He said the previous week, he had 80 at his pub. A bike group turned up, & just about drank his little pub dry!

we stayed over the road for free, & took off early next morning.

Made Kalgoorlie the next afternoon,  & decided to sightsee for a couple of days.

We checked out the Architecture, went out to the original 2 UP ring, did a tour of the Town Hall, checked out the last remaining brothel (from the outside) & took a few pics up at the Super Pit lookout.

2 UP shed, still in original condition!

Jan, trying her luck with 2 dollar coins

Boulder Town Hall

Super Pit just after blast

Shovel size used in pit, takes 4 shovel fulls to fill a Haulpak

Stopped overnight at Head of Bight, then next morning, went down to watch a whale & her calf slowly making their way westward.

It was a marvellous sight, & apparently the day before, there were 9 whales moving through.

We left there, & headed for Streaky Bay, arriving late afternoon, where we'll stay for a couple of weeks to crab, fish, surf, cycle & relax.