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« Reply #450 on: October 19, 2016, 05:17:34 AM »
Mark,
This posting has certainly worked out. And...its good to see its keeping you busy.

You do have to concentrate more on your fishing skills as we clearly expect you to be bringing in dinner on the Upcoming trip... ;D

Say hello to Penny from us.

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« Reply #451 on: October 19, 2016, 05:31:09 AM »
And don't talk to strangers at the taxi rank  ;D

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« Reply #452 on: October 19, 2016, 07:29:40 AM »
Quote from: MarkVS on October 19, 2016, 05:17:34 AM
we clearly expect you to be bringing in dinner on the Upcoming trip... ;D

Sorry, but you do realise that Mark's going to have to cancel the Kimberley trip as he'll be so busy, he won't be able to take the time off ...  >:D  :D
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« Reply #453 on: October 29, 2016, 06:44:49 PM »
Well after 4 weeks the first stage of the ceremony here at Peppimenarti finished and the second stage has commenced where the men take the young boys into the bush for the next few days.

The women will continue to camp in the park next to the shop until its finished. We have been very privileged to see this cultural tradition as its slowly being fazed out in a lot of communities. 

We have worked long hours to feed all the people camping next to the store and looking forward to getting back to normality. All I can say is that everyone camping have endured 40 degree heat and rain and yet they still come into the store in good spirits.







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« Reply #454 on: November 12, 2016, 10:03:23 AM »
Finally stripped down most pallets so the stock is easy to access. Hopefully our predictions of what we need will last until the end of March next year.







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« Reply #455 on: November 12, 2016, 10:16:59 AM »
Hope you got some good Rodent controls in place for the wet there Mark, Guessing its going to be a bit worrying to see how fast some  of the lesser stocked items start to disappear compared to what you though they would . Ohh to have a crystal ball to see the future  ;D
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« Reply #456 on: November 12, 2016, 10:43:11 AM »
Quote from: edz on November 12, 2016, 10:16:59 AM
Hope you got some good Rodent controls in place for the wet there Mark, Guessing its going to be a bit worrying to see how fast some  of the lesser stocked items start to disappear compared to what you though they would . Ohh to have a crystal ball to see the future  ;D
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Looking forwards to some more instalments from your journey .

We had a pest guy here just before the stock arrived to give the areas a good dose of poison. Hopefully its enough.

Yes, I can see us running out of some stock but time will tell.

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« Reply #457 on: November 12, 2016, 04:56:28 PM »
Wow that is a lot of salt.
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« Reply #458 on: November 12, 2016, 05:08:56 PM »
Quote from: MDS69 on November 12, 2016, 04:56:28 PM
Wow that is a lot of salt.

I was wonderin' if anyone else would spot the massive tower of Saxa. I showed the wife the pics and the first thing she noticed was the salt...


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« Reply #459 on: November 12, 2016, 05:10:43 PM »
Nobody wants floppy arteries....
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« Reply #460 on: November 12, 2016, 05:19:09 PM »
Only 6 boxes of salt.  ;D

We have a full pallet of raw sugar, approx 200 packets.

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« Reply #461 on: November 12, 2016, 05:25:49 PM »
Is that the tower of salt that Lot's wife got turned into?
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« Reply #462 on: November 20, 2016, 08:43:43 PM »
So after weeks of planning and obtaining permits our planned trip out to the coast took only an hour's drive. It was great to see the ocean again and after throwing out lures we were getting no bites so decided to head to Nardirri, which was our planned place to try out and explore.

Nardirri is an out station but now deserted. This place is also the start of the Moyle River. We headed to coast and followed a faint track to the start of the river.

In our group was Ben, who travelled with me,  and Gail and Gary who had their own vehicle. We saw a shelter on the beach and after checking the sand we hit the beach and drove up and parked under the shelter. After my last beach fiasco, I was sure things would go to plan and I wont sink in the sand again. We made it easily.

We noticed a floating log off the beach and it was eating a fish so knowing there was a 4 mtre plus croc out in the water we watched how close we stood near the bank.

Gary was using a lure but with no success so I decided to throw a line in using diced chicken as bait. First 2 fish were toad fish so my chances of landing a big one was not looking good.

Never giving up I persevered and the next fish was a small boring old catfish. I decided to put 2 rods in the water and using metal tubing as rod holders I waited.

Well the action hit straight away with both rods screaming line out. I grabbed one and a nice size salmon was landed. The other rod produced a good size catfish. Keeping the salmon I threw the catfish back.

Thats how the afternoon progressed. Once I threw the line out within a minute the rod was bending and line screaming out. More catfish. We ended up throwing back at least 20 plus good size catfish but enjoyed catching them.

Time was ticking on so we decided to head back to Peppimenarti, after having a look around Nardirri. Definitely a great place to explore and look forward to coming back here in the future. Next time I will bring some crab pots.



























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« Reply #463 on: November 20, 2016, 09:37:44 PM »
Well done Mark.
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« Reply #464 on: November 20, 2016, 09:39:30 PM »
You sure they were catfish and not the famed "silver cobbler"  :cheers:
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« Reply #465 on: November 20, 2016, 09:59:47 PM »
Thanks for sharing Mark, inspiring.

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« Reply #466 on: December 04, 2016, 09:17:10 PM »
Today, I had the privilege of heading out to the flood plains here at Peppi with the locals to fish the Moyle  River. It's about a 45 min drive from the community. We headed through a small forest area and hit the flood plains.

The track, once on the floodplain, is slow going due to the pot holes etc caused by the wild pigs. The area has been burnt out so the black dust kicked up by the cars was everywhere. We picked a spot and started fishing. It only took a minute before the smaller Barra were hitting our lures.

Not catching any bigger Barra we headed further up river to try our luck. We were lucky to catch a few good size ones but the majority were well under size.

A few more locals arrived and they had some success with some 70cm  plus  size Barra caught but the majority were small. It was still fun catching and releasing them.

As the river was shallow and a lot of weed around we were using plastic lures which did the job.

It was interesting watching the fires burning in the distance and also the small tornadoes that would form on the flood plains. Once the wet season hits the river rises and covers the whole floodplain.

A great day with another fishing spot to add to my list.















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« Reply #467 on: December 04, 2016, 10:19:15 PM »
You would almost be due for some decent storms in the build up by now wouldnt you Mark or is it still a bit early . Great pics too .
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« Reply #468 on: December 04, 2016, 10:22:17 PM »
Quote from: edz on December 04, 2016, 10:19:15 PM
You would almost be due for some decent storms in the build up by now wouldnt you Mark or is it still a bit early . Great pics too .

We are receiving the odd bit of rain but the storms keeping missing us. It's only a matter of time before we get the wet.

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« Reply #469 on: December 05, 2016, 08:48:11 AM »
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« Reply #470 on: December 20, 2016, 12:08:33 PM »
The benefits of having a commercial kitchen at the store. Todays treat is fresh hot scones with jam and cream.



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« Reply #471 on: December 20, 2016, 01:11:59 PM »
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« Reply #472 on: December 20, 2016, 06:24:01 PM »
They look yummy, how do I get them out of the Computer Screen.
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« Reply #473 on: December 20, 2016, 08:39:36 PM »
Just hit "Print" Rob....
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« Reply #474 on: December 20, 2016, 08:44:55 PM »
Geoff l tried that but it tastes like paper to me                   ???      >:D
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