The Road Not Taken

Ok, still using song titles for blog entries…this time Howie Day….just apologising for the lack of recent blog entries.

Anyway. I have almost recovered from my illness so I will be moving on. The plans are changing in my head every day. To head north up the coast, head south, stay in Sydney for a few days….and also a desire to finish New Zealand as I still have much to do there.

I think many people have their own opinions and would do things their way yet as I always find and this blogs title (The Road Not Taken) backs it up, I often do what others would probably never do. Oh well, that’s just me.

With the aid of my family I now have some extra funds to use which will come in handy for accomodation and food. Luckily, staying with my lovely Aussie relatives has meant that I have not had to spend much money. That is soon to end.

The last few days have been great, nice and hot. Therefore we have spent some time by the lake on the boats, the kids have been wakeboarding and wine and beer has been drunk in abundance. Sunsets have been enjoyed and old tales of women wearing nothing but a fur coat (Peter, nice story mate) to a party have been told.

Last night after dark Paul took us out on his boat to go crabbing. This involves chugging along at a slow pace, people out front with torches on the water and people at the back (scoopers) to catch any crabs spotted. Now this may seem easy but as soon as the crab sees the light he/she dives down under the surface so you can’t hang about.

After a good 45 mins of seeing nothing Paul shouted “CRAB” right on my side….I had probably 3 or seconds to spot it and get my net under the water as he was going down……luckily (skillfully) I got him. It was a male so we did not have to put him back in (if you get a female with eggs you always put them back). He was a nice size and today I have the shell with his face sitting by my bed in trophy fashion as they cooked him up this morning and brought me the meat, how nice.

So my first crabbing trip was a success! Deep sea Marlin fishing next…

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