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Laughing at your wife saying obsessive. Stewy was also thinking of going fishing but rain was predicted. Swordie saw the sun was out at 3pm ish and he rushed to the shop to get potting mix to throw over some of the naked areas on the recovering lawn. He also took the opportunity to mow front, back and half the neighbours front (cause it makes our house look better ). He only mowed it 2 days ago We may need a support group here and say a hi to the wife @BaitDropper

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Outstanding report Dave. What an amazing job you did as their guide!! When they start sending all the USA mates over you could take a break from nursing and start a guide business Shawn and Dan must have had a ball. The smiles tell the story. Fish and amazing Aussie wildlife. I have never even seen a Platypus in the wild. Thanks for sharing this @dirvin21

Important point made there for all raiders to take note. Sorry to hear about your experience. Good to see the enforcement is there at times.

Nice recovery there. Do you think it may have been some chlorine on the cover too?

That is why we are in a hurry. Those grasses are at the front. They didn’t like the Sir Walter at the back yard - too hard for them to chew! Here’s to a nice green lawn 😉

Thanks Fabian we know about the chemical side. Stewy does “eave patrol” around the place every morning. Mongrel things lay eggs on any smooth surface like garage doors, smooth plant leaves, outdoor light fittings etc Stewy is a very experienced master gardener. He is renowned for our lawn. Real estate guys say street appeal plus plus. We went away for 3 weeks and normally the lawn just needs a good mow and tidy up. We cried when we turned corner and saw a very overgrown lawn. People were almost holding vigils as they thought we had died!! No car, no caravan and it looked deserted and unkempt. There had been a massive amount of rain and a lawn that was perfect nourishment for a a march of army worms. They will always go for the best lawn. I ended up finding a guy who has a degree and consults for turf clubs and golf courses. He came to have a look and chat about things. He reassured Stewy that his recovery plan would be good. He also sprayed extensively with commercial grade insecticide. This has worked very well and reduced the numbers to zero. Fertilise, water like buggery and pray. Sort bindis and weeds done. It has greened up day by day. I will throw up some pics later.

I have much to say on lawn problems. We are in the middle of a lawn that was wiped out by army worms. I might make a whole post on it. The lush green is what it normally looks like.

Good luck for the season Jani

You have only joined us a few months ago. In your posts so far you have asked lots of questions and members have been very generous with helping you. It is holiday time and most people are enjoying time with family and friends. Hope you had luck this evening. Look forward to reading your fishing reports.

Very nice work @big Neil Grandson sounds very pleased with that, as he should be!

Did you co-author this paper? I will read this after the footy😃

Life gets in the way! The good thing about fishing is that you can ALWAYS come back to it

I enjoy getting out of the park for a bit actually. Only eat one or 2 fish meals when away. We give to others or throw back in. Too much fish gets boring!! We just got a nice kingie for Good Fri lunch (for those that eat fish) Hope you group was enjoyable. Still seems some stuff going on with the other lot.

An update will be great and thanks @spraka Please start a new post 😉

Not a bad spot @Yowie Walk along from the caravan park to the Post Office shop for fish and chips or takeaway. Plenty of Roos and birds to play with. Bowlo raffles 👏

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@BaitDropper take a look in our old Socials area. We used to have legendary Hairtail socials up at the Hawkesbury. I miss those times.

Here is all the info you need 😃

Thanks for the response waza. There were no hairtail tonight. Not many boats out at all at Hawkesbury.

Guess that is a negative 🤔

Has anyone heard of any reports of hairtail recently?

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