Sunset Oct 21

The days are getting longer as spring rolls in. I was able to catch this sunset last night.

Video showing Freshwater beach, Manly, and the sun going down.

Fishing Victory

And tell your friends that they're next

On our most recent fishing expedition, we had the shocking divergence from our normal failure by actually catching an edible fish! It was a Flathead, landed by James and we could not contain our disbelief at this boon. We took it back home and fried it up. It was thankfully delicious enough to justify further fishing ventures.

The end result of our feast. Mmmmmmmm.

The next day, I went out with James to try out the rocks between Freshwater and Curl Curl beaches. This was a significantly less successful venture. We basically took turns throwing bait and tackle directly into the ocean’s laughing maw as we got snagged again and again immediately after casting our lines. It was a nice place to have a beer at least.

Then, after we had given up hope at our own success, something strange and serendipitous happened. We struck up a chat with an equally frustrated fisherman that was a little ways down the rocks from us. As it turned out, he had recently moved to Queenscliff – into Amy and my old apartment. After we realized this, he said that he remembered me from when he was shown the apartment. He even recalled that we had just gotten back from Vanuatu. How random is that? Anyways, after he expressed an equal level of frustration at the futility of continuing fishing at this spot, he offered to drive us to a spot of our choosing to continue fishing – we were in no condition to drive ourselves.

Sunset at the Spit Bridge

We ventured onward to our spot from the previous weekend – the Manly spit bridge where we finished up our fishing for the day under the setting sun.

Movin' on up

It's moving day today to our new place. For everyone who's been debating a visit because of the lack of two bedrooms it's your lucky day. Not only do we now have two bedrooms, we also overlook two beaches from our wrap-around balcony and Chris is eagerly pursing all of the necessary parts for a keggerator!

Here's the new Manly direction view - from the front part of the balcony. More pictures and the Freshwater view to follow once we're a bit more settled.

Here is a video of its awesomeness, pre-move: