24 April 2013
Today we headed into town to see the One Mile Jetty and do some fishing and crabbing.
A bit of history for you....Carnarvon was the first port in WA which is where the jetty comes in. A company built the jetty and once the boats got too big and could no longer dock at the jetty the company abandoned the jetty and left it there to rot. The shire council didn't want it either and were going to get the army in to blow it up! So a group of locals came together and formed a committee and they now look after it and maintain it by charging people to use the jetty and visit the museum. However they would like a million dollars to restore it if anyone has a spare mill!?
Anyway history lesson over...there is a train ride to the end of the jetty which was great as we had a lot of fishing gear and they have conveniently equipped the train with baskets and rod holders for all your gear!
Train is slow and jetty is old with lots of big cracks in between boards and bolts etc rusting and coming loose. The ride out does feel a little like they should have a sign up saying travel at your own risk but nostalgic!
Dropped off at the end and started fishing with some of the locals. Lots of yellowfin bream around but too small to keep. Joel managed to fluke pulling a big dart in (32cm) and just so you know if you say dart in WA they have no idea what you are talking about and same with pilchards or pillies...they just give ya a blank look!
While we were fishing we had a few visitors to the jetty....couple of little sharks circling everyone's bait! Won't be jumping off jetty for a swim! Saw a few baby blue swimmers swimming around in the water but none wanted into our pot! Apparently May is the start season here for them so may be a little early.
Fishing done, ring kiosk to send the train back to pick us up!
Joel got a call about a job in Broome today so fingers crossed this works out!
Carly & Joel
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