Mason Bock scored a dart on a lure while chasing tailor. Nice cap Mason.
Just-legal tailor were perfect for the kids to hone their beach-fishing skills on.
Next gen intro to K’gari
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Amaya converted one of the freshly caught beachworms into a whiting.
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’GARI is a magical place and I’ve been very fortunate to have had the pleasure of visiting it since I was a kid. I still have fond memories of my first trip to Lake McKenzie as a young boy with my family, swimming in the crystal-clear water and watching turtles play. This year, I headed back on my annual camping pilgrimage with my good friend Nick Bock and his col-
K’gari Trip by BEN COLLINS
leagues from Energex – I was a bit of a ring-in. The only difference with this trip was that we had each decided to bring one of our kids along – Mason Bock and Amaya Collins – so they could begin their experiences of this magical place too. Our home base for the four nights of camping was Cathedrals on Fraser, which is located slightly past the SS Maheno. Camping at the Cathedrals is easy because toilets and showers are only a short walk from your camp. And you can have a fire here, which ticks one of my many boxes when camping. Another benefit of this site is that there is a dingo fence around the entire camp, which puts your mind at ease, especially when there with your kids. Our camp setup is basic – a 6x3m gazebo with two tents off the
side – as that means we have more time to wet a line and less time is spent setting and packing up. However, with the kids in tow this year, we opted to take a trailer because it made packing a breeze and allowed us to bring extra firewood. The beach this trip was very flat, and we had to take the road around Poyungan Rocks. The flat beach also meant there were too many gutters that looked as though they would hold fish. Thankfully, the best gutter we found on the trip up the beach was right out the front of the Cathedrals, which meant we didn’t have to go far for a fish. Over the next few days, the team managed to pull dart, tailor, whiting and flathead out of this gutter, with the fish caught ending * continued P47
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