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We leave the UK 06 Feb 2019 and are in Australia until 01 May. We will be based at our daughters in Warriewood (Mona Vale) again. Would be good to meet up with some fellow fishos ? John

Someone on Facebook has come out with a grey goshawk too Blackfish John

Was in the Warriewood Wetlands a few days ago photographing the fruit bat colony there. Just by chance managed a quick shot of a bird of prey and was after a positive id. Looking at images on the internet I think it may be a grey falcon ? http:// Kind regards John

Thanks for the feedback chaps,most appreciated. That makes 46 species in 6 ozzie trips now. Its getting much harder to add to the list now !!! Back in Warriewood now and have 4 weeks left on this current trip. Anyone want to take this old pommie bar steward out on a trip just shout up Mind you the language barrier may be a problem !!!! I am broad Geordie (Newcastle NE area of England) I sound Scottish to most ozzies Never caught a salmon,jewie,shark or gamefish yet Kind regards John

Caught these two this afternoon off the shore at Nelson Bay and am after a positive ID please. The first one is some type of leatherjacket I think. http:// The second one looks like some kind of wrasse http:// Many thanks John

Correct about the horrible weather !!!! We head up to Nelson Bay on Saturday for a week,just hope the weather improves so we can get the boys out fishing again. John

We took the boys down to Narrabeen Lagoon last Sunday for a few hours. We set up grandsons Joshua and Theo and their friend Henry with light spinning rods. Rigged them up for touch ledgering with a small drilled bullet and a small hook and small strips of squid for bait. First cast Joshua caught a bream,he really was chuffed to bits. After a quick picture it was carefully unhooked and returned. http:// Henry was next with a bream http:// Here is Joshua explaining the finer points of touch ledgering to brother Theo http:// They all caught a few bream and puffer fish each and enjoyed the fishing. After a couple of hours they decided that they wanted to play and that grandad and grandma could have a turn. http:// As usual Dorothy caught the first one - a whiting. Dorothy quicly caught 2 more fairly quickly with me not having a sniff. Just before we packed in I managed to catch 3 fish including this monster to make the score 3/3 http:// All in all a great family day out John

Well done to the young man :-)

Thanks for that Berleyguts John

Thats great information and all noted,thanks very much. John

Cheers John

We head up to Nelson Bay 25 March for the week. We are staying about in the middle of the town and will be taking fishing gear with us. Just after some general advice about the local fishing. Will have 6 year old and 3 year old grandsons with us so would like to find a safe fishing spot for them. Also any advice on places to visit locally would be appreciated. Have been told that Red Neds Pie Shop in town is a must and that the kangaroo teriyaki pie is to die for. Thanks in advance John

Have I posted up aurora photos on here before ? Am on that many photographic/angling forums I do lose track of what I have posted where !!! Anyway here are a few I shot in the UK. First one from my home town of Whitley Bay on the north east coast of England. St Mary's lighthouse in the image. http:// Next one near Cairn Fell on the Mull of Galloway,south west corner of Scotland. The aurora can be seen faintly reflected in the duckpond in the foreground. http:// This one taken at Drummore looking over Luce Bay on the Mull of Galloway. http:// John

Mainly here for the family and grandsons Neil Beer/fishing/photography come into some sort of order after that mate Planning to sort my fishing gear tomorrow,respool reels etc then ready for action. Spoke to Frank S today and 3 possible trips lined up with him. Bermagui and Lake St Clair again are two of them A few fishing sessions planned with Neil M off here and a couple on the back burner Bring it on !!! John

Thanks for that,we did print out our licence order before leaving the UK :-) Not too keen on your current temperatures by the way !!! Joined Pittwater RSL Club yesterday and well impressed with it. Its only a short walk away so will be frequenting the place quite a bit John

Aye a bit too hot for this wrinkly auld fossil to be honest The wife and I applied for our fishing licences online so keep checking the post then will be wetting a line or two. You say welcome "home" and to be truthful it is like a second home to us now - 6 x 3 month trips and counting. Lets see if I can make the papers again with a strange capture fron Sydney Harbour like I did in 2012 John

Settled in here at our daughters in MacPherson St,Warriewood. Also now got a mobile phone sorted for here so if anyone fancies taking this old pommie barsteward on a fishing sessiom drop me a PM Cheers John

Cases packed,arrive in Sydney approx 10.30pm Monday night. See you all shortly. We have ordered our fishing licences and opal cards online so should be at our daughters when we arrive John

Nice one Johndory. On our first trip to oz got mobbed by King Parrots,Crimson Rosellas and Rainbow Lorikeets just south of Ulladulla. Think the place was called Pebbley Beach. http:// http:// http:// http:// John

Yes I did Frank That big fish weighed 182 lbs.-13 stone in old money. Over the years a lot of skate have been weighed and measured so there is a large weigh/size database. All of this information has been put into a conversion chart for anglers to use without having to stress/hurt the fish by weighing them. All anglers have to do is record the lenght and breadth of their fish and look up its weight on the conversion chart. Here is the current record fish. http://www.anglingtimes.co.uk/fishing-news/2013/British-record-skate-banked-at-235lb John

Our New Zealand and Byron Bay trips are not booked yet - if they happen !!! Looking forward to meeting up again Frank. At least you got me that flathead down at Bermagui. It only took me 4 trips to Australia to catch one Ha ha Will try and avoid the food poisoning too. John

Be with you all shortly. Will be based at our daughters in Warriewood,Mc Pherson Street. Got a few fisho mates I will be hooking up with but if anyone wants to take this old wrinkley pomm out on a fishing session well up for that. Had 44 ozzie species in 5 trips out so far. Still need to add salmon and jewfish to the list. Also sharks and game fish although I have not the gear for the bigger fish. Got plenty of spinning rods and a decent beachcaster. John

I was fair goosed !!!! Previous to the big one had two 100lb plus fish just before that. It was like pumping iron in the gym for about 3 hours non stop. Quite an effort at my age. Here are the two smaller ones http:// http:// John

Nice one Yowie. Well done Rick,a common skate I caught in the Sound of Jura on the west coast of Scotland. Just hooked into her 400 feet down .http:// Just over an hour later in the boat http:// Thats the size 14/0 hook out http:// Being safely returned to the water after being tagged. http:// John

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