As the Blog heading states -
House Construction in Progress
This will be a separate BLOG.
We now document our local Port Lincoln tour, beginning in real tourist style with a famous horse_
Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian- Trained Thoroughbred that became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings of more than A$14 million when she retired on 1 November 2005. Makybe Diva is one of only five horses to have won the Cup more than once in the long history of the event, which was first run in 1861. Makybe Diva is owned by South Australian tuna fisherman Tony Šantić, who named her after five of his employees - Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diane, and Vanessa - by taking the first two letters from each of their names.
My niece Hannah's camper van
Brother, Chook took us on a tour of the Lawrie's property at Point Bolingbroke, and a camp site at Second landing in Peake Bay.
Before and after of our hot water heater anode, now 5 years old and still in good nick. Predominately use rain water.
Our morning walk view from Puckridge Park
Alfie - #28 Eric escapee
Yes! Alfie you are cute, but you have a home!
Bike utility basket ready to go, complete with rod holders
Jerry - Lincoln local whom also lives in Songkhla part time.
The Lawrie's property point Bolingbroke
My #1 gate opener, get's tricky at times
to get them open and or closed.
to get them open and or closed.
Our neighbours
Our camp on the beach
1200 hrs off to Point Bolingbroke – Robert & Sue Lawrie – camped at 2nd landing. 1315 hrs and the boat ramp crowded – 4 tinnies out, but managed to squeeze past to our camp site. 1530hrs pretty much set up camp = magic, facing west.
1200 hrs off to Point Bolingbroke – Robert & Sue Lawrie – camped at 2nd landing. 1315 hrs and the boat ramp crowded – 4 tinnies out, but managed to squeeze past to our camp site. 1530hrs pretty much set up camp = magic, facing west.
Group of 4 van and a couple of motor home camped in front
of the new beach house under construction.
and as the sun set's on another magic day
Our 1st flat head off the flats on Fly!
A productive morning on the rising tide at Bush Patch
Food prep!
Hard life, TV remote in hand!
Magic morning
Breeze is up early - no fishing today!
Quiet morning + several squid
Baking day
Sue's Flounder - local professional has never
seen one caught in the bay
seen one caught in the bay
This is how we found the boat ramp when we arrived a week earlier, tight but able to reverse in okay
The camp is growing
Local paddlers waiting for a feed!
Waiting for the STRIKE!!
No shortage of Squid bait and food grade Calamari with Chili
Clouds and more CLOUDS!
A bonus fish - Whow! until I saw colour it was an Aussie Salmon, alas it was a ripper SNAPPER, and expertly netted by my Deckie! Landed on a whiting rig with a # 4 hook
Good size KGW at 42cm
Sky mood changes
Grand tour of Chook and TJ's new Property / Work!!
Carport
House and Green Room on right
House front
Now this a serious veranda
The green room (an internal photo to be added)
now referred to as the Rod Room. Fishing rod and reel repairs
now referred to as the Rod Room. Fishing rod and reel repairs
Chook's now gotta learn how to SWIM!!
25 acre's, with horse yards, sheds and more sheds
Very well setup as a horse ranch
Shearing shed
The Sheds
Our 1st Project!
Cleaning the hay shed with a local
The Hay Shed
Finally - the van and boat and _____
horse float now under cover
Do not ever recall visiting 'COWLEY'S BEACH' in my youth.
No that's not our Bushtracker - beach camping getting crowded
White sand beach and with boat ramp access
Now what's this expanse ___
Massive paddock with one sheep
No the tanks not leaking - tank cleaning in progress!
Chook did the grunt work
Back to our camp site after the Easter
long weekend with a prior booking
Bagged out today with 42 fillets into the freezer, and 6 in our digestive track
Bees - swarming at the boat ramp,
just as well they didn't find our van
Yum! yum!!
Now this guy's pincers not welcomed
Good idea for your trash fish
The weather mood changes
Now this is the shortest I have seen Ashley's hair since we were all 10 year old's with basin cuts!!
Yep! the breeze got up during the day whilst in town, and the tinnie just off the rocks
Got the tinnie turned into the weather - Max. 41.3kph – 20knots. 2000 hrs wind dropped and tide out enough the walk tinnie around the rocks and load onto the trailer – forward tow hitch = MAGIC!
The weed build up added to the anchorage and dragged the moorings and beach stake out. No damage done to the tinnie
Check out the WIND! next day - relocated the troopy to help the wind pressure on the annexe - Gusting at 55kph
Yep! it's a kitchen knife washed up into the rock hole
to windy to fish so it's a Baking day! Whole wheat bread and an Impossible Pie - Yep! it's impossible to stuff it up, just follow the recipes
Southern Fiddler Ray
Another Yum! yum!!
We joined the Pirtek fishing challange - my fish 32cm
Sue's - 42.5cm with the mystery fish length at 41cm = $2,000
Oh! well next year perhaps.
Check out the web site and pre-register for next years challenge
https://pirtekfishingchallenge.com.au/
Oh! well next year perhaps.
Check out the web site and pre-register for next years challenge
https://pirtekfishingchallenge.com.au/
Pre-Registration
Look's threatening, but no rain!
My thunder box! And that's it for this season at Point Bolingbroke. Folks booked in to our site on the weekend. Off's to Chook's and TJ's to help get the Chook yard and other stuff done around the property = MANUAL LABOUR!!
Work Shop all cleaned up after the Blue Tractor_____
Work Shop all cleaned up after the Blue Tractor_____
1st up get the Owner's blue tractor out of the 'WORK SHOP', engine in rebuild mode,thus it was a pull, push and shove job with the tractor on loan from the LeBruns whom purchased the remaining acerage. Blue tractor in storage until the new owner collects - soon Chook hopes!!
New home for the Blue Tractor
The loaner tractor put thru it's paces
Rather fresh in the AM. Got onto the chook
yard, cleared the scrub, and grubbed out the cover weed, what a mongrel weed it is.
Got the post hole digger working – only way to dig holes in this ground. Rubble
limestone on top, then into clay and soft limestone.
Managed 5 holes and post into the ground before lunch, remaining 5
in the afternoon, with a quick trip to Tumby to get 4 more post. KNACKERED!!
Zonked out! Must be the manual
labour!!
Paris know's a soft touch! Best of mate's!
Chook is horse ranching and soon Chicken wrangling
Relocating some old hay
Stripped the tree
Now Sue has her work cut out for her self
Three days later progress is being made - More Chook House construction – PVC pipe
used to cantilever fox proofing netting on top, works well, timbered the bottom with perm
pine logs from around the farm.
Internal Chook house gate under construction
And the CHOOK'S have LANDED!!
Yep! it's 'Chook's 'Pent' (Hen) House'
And we are in production!!
with a keen egg collector
Now these are real free range EGGS!!
We are off back to our shed for a short period before we head out the Lincoln National Park
The HOUSE has started 2nd April - see House BLOG! Yippee!!
We are off back to our shed for a short period before we head out the Lincoln National Park
The HOUSE has started 2nd April - see House BLOG! Yippee!!
Vermin proofing the chook yard, crow's have since disappeared
We are back in our shed with an unwelcome visitor on arrival__
- DEAD! The rat bait is working!!
What a coincidence - on our morning walk around the old cemetery the name Lawrie popped out after our camp at Point Bolingbroke. The Lawries sure have had a long history in the region. What a tragedy back in 1911
We are packed and ready and waiting for the last two house frames to go up - see house blog!!
All to slow - so off to LNP and our Horse Rock
camp site is vacant - Beauty!!
with ever changing views and weather conditions
Just when the Tinnie is still in the shed - it's mirror calm!
Tinnie launched early
Op's high tide - beach peg worked loose. Cold swim
Re-pegged (double) Just in case the moorings let go when the weather turns.
How good is this!!
And as the sun set's for another day_____ It's time for a BEER!!
The front tow hitch is magic sure makes it easy launching and retrieving our tinnie
Bike ride
Water tank for the hikers along one of the walking trails
Pioneer settlers abandon stone crusher on the power line track.
Yep, that's the power line track. Power to the Donnington Cottage and Light House, plus it's also used for the Under Ground water bores providing Port Lincoln with WATER.
A lunch box washed up at high tide - no sandwich
Take a chance on the weather early as it's forecast to RAIN, and it did just as we returned to the beach
Checking out the track / gate just opposite our camp site.
Old stone fence and building site
Old stone fence and building site
Water well on the walking trail
Bisected the walking trail - Taylors Landing at 8.3k's from this point for another day's ride
Camp before I get wet!!
Head for some shelter
SA water bore hole
Looks like house foundations or perhaps a rock yard
Discarded machinery parts in the area
Close to camp
Follow the road to the pot of ___
A dinner or two
It's cold with weird
Sponges from the depths - all of 2 meters
Hunting and gathering - all from along the road side, and only within a 2k stretch from our camp. Bike ride for 5k's either side of camp no mushrooms. Oh! well this was a good feed!
Duck into town for Flinders Hockey Club 50 year Anniversary
The oldies - Me 1998-1972, John Van Muers 1965,1967 to 1972, Mick Sawyer 1965 - 1973 and Neil 'Chook' Cowley 1973 - 77, 1980 - 86, 90, 96 & 98 a total of 15 years!
G. Cowley gets a mentions with a GOAL!! Ashely with some field play.
The Sawyers and Chooks unable to SCORE!
Door Prize draw - John pulled the winning number 01. As John was walking up to pull a number from the hat - Sue's quote ' I never win any thing at these draws' You guessed it 'Lucky Suthanya!'
15 years of busted SHIN'S, Chook gets a Life Membership
The Veteran's get to cut the cake
The ladies scrubbed up well
No rush to go fishing with the wind chill @ 2.0 degrees
Worth rolling out of the warm cot though
Packed a ready to head back into the SHED
Could not resist this photo, just don't walk to
close or they will have Yah!
How vivid is that in the Aussie Bush
Drop over to Chook and Teresa ranch before we head off to Thailand for holidays with our house construction in progress and near completion when we return.
CHEER's
CHEER's
