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Trip Statistics

The Breakdown tally: 1
See post 16/04/11 - can't write about it anymore!

Fish species caught: 43
  • Australian Salmon 5
  • Mullet 2
  • Bream 8
  • Puffer Fish 2
  • Kelp Fish 1
  • Brown Trout 37 (15 from our Tassie trip!)
  • Rainbow Trout 25
  • Bass 14
  • Eel (saltwater) 1
  • Eel (freshwater) 3
  • Starfish! 1
  • Flathead 34
  • Catfish 1
  • Ray (We think it was a smooth stingray) 1
  • Mud Crab 6 (3 of size to eat!)
  • Red Claw Crayfish
  • Tilapia (A pest fish that have established themselves in a number of waterways in Qld having been released from aquariums.  We got a few in the cray nets and a couple by hand under torch light!)
  • Dart 32
  • Blue Claw Crayfish (Yabbies)
  • Spangled Perch 1
  • Barramundi 3
  • Threadfin Silver Biddy 1
  • Scat 2
  • Unidentified (spiky thing Poppet caught at Newell) 1
  • Queenfish 6
  • GT 2
  • Jnr GT 4
  • Long Tom 3
  • Cod 2
  • Moses Perch 9
  • Khaki Grunter 1
  • Large toothed Flounder 2
  • Mouth Almighty 5
  • Mangrove Jack 1
  • Sooty Grunter 2
  • Tarpon 7
  • Rainbow Fish 1
  • Blue Salmon 1
  •  Steel Back Salmon (Things that look like tailor that aren't) 4
  • Giant Herring 5
  • Whiting 2
  • Bar-tailed Flathead 2
  • Garfish 1


Injuries: 5

  1. 12/07/10  Whilst trying to modify a piece of fuel hose, Bronson slices open his hand with a stanley knife.  Result, 3 stitches (and no washing up for almost 3 weeks!).
  2. 15/11/10  Not really an injury, more of an incident.  Bronson had to perform a tick removal procedure on Ruth!  We came across a few of these little buggers at Bittangabee Bay and one attached itself to Ruth's back.  A quick call to Dr Dave for some advice, out with the tweezers and the tick was thwarted!
  3. 24/02/11 Contusion to the left ring finger.  Injury sustained while Ruth decided she could wrangle the mud crabs out of the bucket (before we put them in the freezer!).  Wow those buggers can bite and hang on!
  4. 26/04/11 Ruth put a ding in Lulu's passenger door at Alligator Creek whilst trying to make camp.
  5. 25/05/11 Number 4 Crazy Charlie to Ruth's right middle finger.  Trip to Townsville hospital ensued!

Wobblies thrown: There have been a few!

Goodtimeometer reading: I can't feel my fingers...

Big things encountered: 18

  1. The Big Spud at Sassafras
  2. The giant reclining Buddah in Bangkok
  3. The big Miner dude at Ballarat.
  4. The big Pheasant near Garfield.
  5. The big Miner's lamp at Lithgow.
  6. The big Sundial at Singlton.  Apparently it's the biggest in the southern hemisphere.  Whoopi!
  7. The big Blue Heeler at Muswelbrook.
  8. The big Banana at Coffs Harbour.
  9. The big Pumpkin at Beaudessert.  It was shite.  In fact, we nearly left it out due to the enormity of it's shite-ness.
  10. The big shoe at Atkinson Dam
  11. The big Mower at Beerwah
  12. The big fruit at Cromwell (NZ)
  13. The big trout at Gore (NZ)
  14. The big orange at Gayndah
  15. The big bunyip at ???
  16. The big bullocks at Rockhampton (there were several)
  17. The big black fella at Mackay
  18. The big mango at Bowen
  19. The big Brolga at Townsville
  20. The big Mud Crab at Cardwell (and some big boomerangs too)
  21. The big Golden Gumboot at Tully
  22. The big Frog on the Big Gumboot at Tully
  23. Multiple big Cassowaries at Mission Beach and surrounding area (namely a beach starting with W)
  24. The not as Big as the Big Banana Banana at Innisfall
  25. The not as Big as the Big Frog on the Big Golden Gumboot Frog Frog on the not as Big as the Big Banana Banana at Innisfall 
  26. Big Captain Cook at Cairns
  27. The big Marlin at Cairns
  28. The big Snake at  Ayr
  29. The big Mud Crab at Miriam Vale
  30. The big Ned Kelly at Bundaberg
Visitors: Too many if you include the bugs!

  1. On the shake down run to Cockle Creek we encountered a rather curious currawong who saw fit to leave us with several souvenirs conveniently placed on the driver's seat, the passenger floor and various parts of the dash board. 
  2. Also on the Cockle Creek trip a tiger cat woke us up repeatedly whilst trying to steal our rubbish bag from inside the annex.
  3. This one wasn't a visitor to Lulu but I had to mention the giant geckos we encountered in the compound we stayed at whilst having our job interviews.  They were about eight inches long and their calling could be heard from over 100 metres away.  We had one living in the roof of our unit!
  4. A dirty great big lace monitor that wandered by the camp!
  5. Tabacco thieving crow at Muellers's inlet.  Think he might have a hankering for a durrie and took off with the goods.
  6. Possum at Bournda NP broke into the annex in the middle of the night.
  7. Itchy arsed wombat at Island Bend on the snowy river!
  8. Sticky beaking pair of possums at Mimosa Rocks. 
  9. Peron's tree frog that was quite taken with our camo doona in the back of Lulu.
  10. A wasp that built a nest under our table at Archer Point
  11. The fly rod Chewing rat that hitched a ride from Carmila to Eurimbula
  12. A couple of nosy possums at Carmila

Famous People Spotted: 

  1. The Jonses!  Ok so they're not that famous but they're on tv so it counts!  We saw them at Melbourne airport on our way to Thailand.
  2. Molly Meldrum and a host of cricketers, Mark Taylor, Glenn McGrath, Damian Flemming and Brendan Julian.  Spotted on our flight from Sydney back to Melbourne.  It was Melbourne cup day so we guessed that's where they were all headed.
  3. Master chef winner Adam.  Spotted this dude at Melbourne airport on our way home.
  4. Corrine Grant.  Spotted shopping in Sydney.
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