There are a lot of people out there of the opinion that men are the hunter gatherers and should be the ones putting food on the table whilst the women stay at home and cook it. I'm not of that opinion which is why I was more than happy to let Nadia land one average sized Travelly and one MASSIVE Snapper (see pic to your right) on our recent fishing trip with 'Captain Bucko' around the Bay of Islands. Her rod had been in the sea literally no more than twenty seconds before she landed it on the first cast of the afternoon (she's clearly a natural). I, on the other hand, didn't get a bite all day. Still, at least the sun was shining...
Anyway, back to the Snapper, we reckon it was about ten pounds based on an estimate against the twenty pounder that some other bloke pulled out of the sea shortly afterwards. Now that was huge, however Nadia's provided us with enough sumptuous barbequed fillet o' fish to feed us and a local cat that evening (and provide lunch the next day). It's only fitting that we should catch our own dinner on our final night of sleeping rough. Bucko himself, well, he's something of a local celeb and was full of bad jokes and fishermans tales that passed a great afternoon. Look him up if you're ever out here.
So the Bay of Islands has been good fun on the whole with the exception of a failed dolphin swimming expedition. We've seen dolphins at Fraser Island, The Whitsunday's, Byron Bay, Milford Sound, on the Manly Ferry - in fact, pretty much anytime except for the one occasion we paid to find them. Still, you can't blame them for scooting if there are killer whale in the locality (which there apparently were - didn't see them either).
Even more disappointment today as we have had to return our truck to the rental company which we'd both grown quite attached to. I'd never thought being cramped, cold and uncomfortable could be so much fun however we've both agreed that Taniwha (our campervan) was the right choice for seeing this country.
We're now in Auckland catching up on a few bits and bobs and enjoying the luxury of a proper bed for the first time in a month. We head to Thailand tomorrow afternoon - haere ra Aoterea, it's been awesome.
Next stop: Bangkok!
2 comments:
OOoh What a big fish! And somewhat tasty!!!??! I'll be downloading that and showing it to all my fishing enthusiast friends.
Take care on your way to Thailand! Almost tempted to jump on a plane and come join you....well Thai's nearer Japan than Blighty in't it?!
Oh very cool... nice catch... we may have to change diggers name to snapper!!!
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