Sunday 27th July.
Success this time with three decent sized red claw in the net which were dropped into boiling water for a minute or so then de tailed, shelled and placed in the fridge ready for a nice crayfish sandwich for lunch. Another great morning with the sun quite hot so any outdoor activity was best confined to the shade of the awning or sheltered against the shady side of the motorhome.
One of our immediate neighbours moved on this morning but their vacated spot was taken up by a new arrival within an hour. This couple had a boat on the roof of their vehicle which I gave them a hand to unload. I was in turn invited to go out on the lake late afternoon to set some crab nets for red claw crayfish. We motored around the edge of the lake away from any sign of humans only to come across fresh water crocodiles basking on the waters edge. We were quite surprised at the size of these freshies. The smallest one was about two metres but of the eight were saw in total at least half of them were over 2 1/2 metres with one big one at about 3 metres. Fortunately I had my camera with me and was able to get some great photos. We set three nets in this area and then motored to the dam wall where I dropped my one and only net in only to see it sink and drag the float below the surface. Heavens knows how deep the water was but suffice to say it disappeared like the Titanic. Oh well, I won't need to check it in the morning.
We had another great fire tonight sitting under the stars.
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