SPORT LEFT: Two West Australian visitors with their Spanish mackerel catches. Photos submitted. RIGHT: Another angler happy with his Spanish mackerel catch.
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Quiz questions 1. Mice, hamsters and beavers all belong to which order of mammals? 2. Which simple machine consists of an effort, load and fulcrum? 3. Which common skin condition is caused by Propionibacterium acnes?
Take care at boat ramp WELL, BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) Weather was spot on with last week’s forecast. Hope you got out for a fish! Spanish mackerel and long tail tuna were thick at Dawson Reef on Thursday last week, and it was also a great tide for a free dive, so if you missed the window, it was all over by smoko last Friday.
The Endeavor River has been productive this week, with quality fingermark, barra, queenfish and mud crabs amongst the catch this week. The mouth of the Annan River has produced so solid barra on the flood Tides with live baits as well as some good mud crabs. With a blast of South Easters forecast for this
4. What type of environment is investigated using CSIRO’s Starbug? 5. How many legs does a biped have? 1. Mice, hamsters and beavers are all rodents of the order Rodentia. 2. A lever consists of an effort, load and fulcrum. 3. Propionibacterium acnes cause acne, or pimples. 4. Starbug is used to investigate an underwater environment. 5. A biped has two legs.
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are limited to only a few hours work on the full moon tides. Be careful on the low tides! The rock at the bottom of the ramp will be removed and four more pre-cast link slabs are to be added, so you will drop onto the channel at the end of the ramp.
At the moment, the tides have defeated the work crew and dangerous rocks are waiting for your propeller on the low low tides. So be warned - go slow and wait for a bit more tide and enjoy the day out. Tight Lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop
energy crisis leaves Hash without trail Party Panthers forfeit Soggy’s Cracklin reached her 14 carton run THE general concept of laying a Hash
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week, estuaries and inland options are the best choices. Lakefield National Park opened last week to Kalpower, and will be open to the north, and east, by June 7 so all options are open and reports are promising. Mark from “Gone Fishing” reported fish to about 75 cm and a few larger rolled on lures on Monday. With a strong wind forecast for the next seven days, we need to take advantage of inland options and try for a barra before the water temp drops any more. The crew building the new boat ramp are waiting for good tide options and
Mitch Roe gets an early backswing ready for this ball. By WAL WELSH SUNDAY was the first game of the season with Marton and Black Mountain Panthers scheduled to slug it out in a Grand Final replay. Unfortunately the BMP boys partied a bit too hard the night before and did not show up. This gave Marton a win by forfeit, so rather than sitting around, a different version of the game was devised so the boys could have a hit out. Teams of two batters had four overs to get as many runs as possible, with five runs deducted if a batsman got out. This turned out to be pretty entertaining, while not overstretching any of those muscle groups that haven’t been used for a while. Marton look like they may have a killer side if they can get those “chalkies” to show up regularly. This weekend will see Council take on Hope Vale down at the Gardens. Hopefully both sides will field a full team and great day will follow.
trail is actually quite easy to grasp. The hare lays a trail of paper clues through interesting places and the pack (of “hounds”) is meant to discover and follow it. A good trail keeps the pack guessing, and forces them to use their brains as well as their feet. This week the hare was Soggy, but she unfortunately had an energy crisis and did not get the trail laid in time. Instead, she persuaded her personal bus driver to take the pack to the industrial estate, where they were kicked out and told to find their way home via the back ends of the race course and the cemetery. You can imagine how well that worked. The whole pack, bar four proper Hashers, plodded homewards along Endeavour Valley Road, and just kept plodding. No racecourse for them, and that is understandable. The real Hashers came home in the dark. Back home, GM Thermo put on her crown and called the circle to order. First up there were some special run numbers to celebrate. Archive has finally reached his 400th run,
(336), and best of all, F*&t achieved his 58 carton run - 1392 runs. At 52 Mondays a year, well, work it out for yourself. Next, we welcomed two virgin Hashers, who definitely enjoyed themselves. Then the focus moved on to less successful Hashers. Lunasee nearly missed the bus, and certainly missed puting her name in the book. Whizz took a break from his hobby of reversing into people’s favourite palm trees, to reverse in to a cherished cheese knife and destroy it. Then there was Soggy, for her pathetic trail, and finally F*&t, for grovelling to the GM. Happily, Soggy redeemed herself by serving up the most wonderful corned beef you have ever tasted, along with tray after tray of food that had been sucked off the table before the Hash scribe reached it (never mind - the corned beef and a potato made him happy). Next week’s run is at Archive and Barran’s. Just turn up at 5.30pm on Monday, June 3 to join in the fun. Contact Moses on either 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details. On-on! Lye Bak
Saturday’s Cape York SSAA Rifle Shoot starting at 9am is the first of the new June calendar. For details, contact the Discipline Captain Toby Graves (0486 695 663). The black powder shooters were keen to hold their shoot last weekend, despite some of the shooters having some personal
handicaps as well as the windy conditions. It is a great venue to concentrate on the sport of target shooting, whatever your favourite discipline may be. New shooters and visitors are always welcome to come along to any of the calendar shoots. Anne Williams, Secretary .
New shooters and visitors always welcome
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