Tuesday 24 September 2013 – Looking for the big one!

Awake by 7 this morning to the sound of a rooster in the vicinity (also being loud much earlier than that), and the songs of numerous species of birds – a true morning chorus.

There was no hurry to do anything this morning, as this was planned as a total r & r day.  So after breakfast and a bit of a potter around we left the park at about 10.15 going fishing.  On the advice of Bucky (manager of the park), we made for the first of three or four options – the surf beach at Baycliff. 

Now the road to pretty well everything here (apart from going back onto the highway) is about 10 kms (1km sealed) and took us about 50 minutes each way, so it wasn’t a quick trip to find the fishing spots.  Once at the car park at Baycliff we walked the couple of hundred metres to the beach and set up to fish.  Well at this place Grant set up to fish as we only had one surf rod with us, but I was happy to sit on the beach and read my book.

    Grant preparing for the big catch.

We were there for probably a bit over an hour before deciding to pack up and move around to what is called the aquarium where we both fished as it is in the estuary of the river.  Well the aquarium didn’t live up to its name, so after quite a while there (the sun was lovely) without even a bite, we made our way back towards Wonboyn.

        Totally absorbed in my fishing.

We stopped off at Greenglade (another section of the surf coast) for a bit of a look before heading back to the lake access below our park.  By the time we got there it was 3.30, I was hanging out for a cuppa and had already had my fill of fishing without a bite, so I drove back to the camp, had a cuppa or two, started a new book,  paid for our two nights accommodation here (they didn’t want it yesterday), then went back down to the lake to pick up Grant – and he was still empty handed!  So no luck today on the fishing front.

This caravan park is in a lovely place though – lots of families with kids, a big birdfeeding table which especially the kids love, and it is very friendly, relaxed and peaceful.  And it also has a pool, so parents don’t have to do the trek to the coast for the kids to have a swim.  As I’m writing this the blue wrens are hopping around outside our door, the bell birds calls are echoing through the trees, and the lorikeets and king parrots are eager for their evening treats.  So as the sun sinks slowly in the west ………. we say goodbye from Wonboyn Lake.