Saturday, 18 March 2023

Trips I want to Do . . .Someday

Scandinavia




SA, Port Lincoln and Fowlers Bay



Normanton QLD




Kimberly



Eyre Peninsula SA




Bangkok, Ranong Ko Phayam, Phuket




North Island NT


Birdsville, Simpson Desert, Mt Dare.



Central and top end Australia


Thursday, 16 March 2023

Helen At The Beach

We went for a road trip down to the coast. We went to the dog beach at Ocean Grove and she had a big 4Km walk and a visit to some friends. A great day but Helen was very tired by the end of the day. Great weather and a pleasant drive with a couple of toilet break stops.




Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Helen The Sailor

Helen went on her first test run riding on the Kayak at Lake Eppalock near Bendigo. After a swim and a walk around the lake she was all good for the inaugural voyage. After a nervous start she settled down and seemed to enjoy the ride. We stayed close to shore in 3 metres and less for about 20 minutes and I then decided it was enough for the first trip.



Saturday, 11 March 2023

Rifle Sight In and New .22 Ammo

The Sporting Shooter’s Association of Australia (SSAA) is the largest organisation of its type in the country and exists solely to promote the safe and responsible use of firearms of all types. They also represent legitimate shooters in their quest for fair treatment by governments.

The Bendigo Branch of the SSAA offers a wide range of services to all of its members, including discounted use of the Marong Rifle Range, participation in hunting trips, (weekly fox drives during winter) and the option of taking part in competitive shoots. The Branch runs monthly meetings to advise members of recent news, and to give them the chance to have their say in the direction of the Branch’s activities. The Branch website has both event and competition calendars to download. (Source: https://www.ssaabendigo.com/)

Range Officer Vic

Out on the Range
Shooting Stalls

New .22 Ammo To Test

Looks Good

.308 needed scope to go two clicks Right

Saturday, 4 March 2023

Melbourne Whiting and Squid Fishing


Early start

Gilligan and the Captain

Wogs on water

Leather Jacket by catch

Live bait


Monday, 20 February 2023

Lake Tyers Kayak Fishing

Bung Yarnda (Lake Tyers) was an important meeting place for the Gunaikurnai people. It was a place that was rich in food and materials. A mission was established here where Aboriginal people lived when they were forcibly removed from their homelands by early settlers.

Lake Tyers is renowned as one of the best fisheries for large flathead in Victoria with flathead up to a meter in size is not uncommon. Not while I was there. But it also holds a healthy number of black bream and other estuary species, including prawns which were running up as far as Nowa Nowa.

Glasshouse ruins (old glass factory which made glass insulators for power lines)

Lake Tyers from the Glasshouse Free Camp

Night Prawners
Black Bream 35 - 42 cm

Glasshouse Free Camping Area

The Lake
Big Trev, Daniel and Baxter