Day 20: Weipa - Saturday 25 June

We decided to try another fishing spot and were amazed that the prawns we are supposed to use as bait are bigger than the ones we eat at home. Hope the fish like them. Jim caught a little rock cod from the wharf, but Rick and Helen had no luck.

Back at camp and Helen made friends with a bloke at a nearby camp. He was walking his dog (Barker) and commented that his wife had hurt her leg and couldn’t go fishing, and she didn’t like him to go out in the boat alone. ‘I can help you with that’ says Helen and ‘let me introduce you to my Dad – he loves fishing’. And that kept the boys busy for the next 3 days.

Jim and Rick went out in the boat with Owen in the afternoon. Rick caught a baby bullnose shark– it sounds so cute! The hook was stuck in the little shark’s mouth, and the fishing line was wrapped around its neck. Jim caught a bullnose shark and a hammerhead shark and a sting ray. It turns out that Jim is a shark magnet and he attracts sharks to both his fishing line and circling the boat. For all family and friends, this should be a lesson to you all. Keep away from Jimmy in the ocean!

Fortunately, Owen caught a couple of blue salmon and we had fish for tea.