Day 27- Lake Tinaroo

Tim was up early to check the crab traps (that's him in the boat in the distance). Finally! Two more big fellas and two little ones. They are all being caught in really shallow and not at all in the deep water like they suggested at the shop. So he moved all the pots in closer and we’ll see what happens. He had time for a bit of a fish as well but no luck. These Barra are more elusive than the advertising suggests. LOL!


I went for a walk around the camp and grabbed a few photos. Then Mum, Jordy, and I fed two kookaburras. One swooped down and took some food from Jordy’s fingers but even though Mum said they were really gentle and hardy touched her fingers I think it was enough to intimidate Jordy cos he was not prepared to do it again. Darcy had a huge sleep in.



We pottered around camp for the rest of the morning; swept out the van, did some more washing, had a piece of my delicious Gallo dark chocolate for morning tea, Dad tried to read his book but Jordy had other ideas so they played Frisbee with a Tupperware lid and rode his trike and coloured in and tended the fire and tried to make one of the red-claws his ’friend’ and carry it around in a stubbie holder. Darcy is just blossoming out here with the freedom to wander around and discover things. He’s becoming a real little boy instead of a baby.

Tim marinated the red-claw tails for dinner, and boiled up the claws; really sweet, fresh meat. The local ranger called past for a chat and gave the guys some tips about catching red-claws. The traps should be in really shallow water apparently! So they went straight back out in the boat to move them in closer.

We put the little swing up for the boys this afternoon and they took it in turns (rather impatiently) swinging way way up in the sky. Darcy thought it was hilarious and he squealed and clapped and went much higher than Jordy.

The ranger had it right and we got more red-claw in time for dinner. A nice entrée of chilli-mango marinated crab with cous cous, and more left over for tomorrow. A simple stir-fry for mains, my last Gallo chocolate and a coffee for afters. Tim and Dad put the boat in and putted around the shallows to see if they could spot any crabs (the ranger reckoned you can often see them walking in really close). No crabs but they saw some bloody huge fish apparently. Then time for a relax as we all sat around the fire and chatted and enjoyed the cool breeze until late.