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Gazza Curse Again

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 15 September 2013 by Chinwagger5 June 2021

With the motor cut I needed Gazza to stay calm and hold us off the launch while I hung over the back to reach the rope and untangle it. The panic levels in the crew could be gauged by the loudness it was barking nonsense orders, we were close to mutiny.

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Posted in Feature, Fishing, Front Page, Gazza Files | Tagged 1770, Fishing, Scrivener | Leave a reply

Arriving in POM

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 9 August 2012 by Chinwagger7 December 2018

The hop from Cairns to Port Moresby is quite short.  I’d always imagined PNG to be a wet, a hot steamy and stormy jungle sort of a climate but arriving in POM (Port Moresby) it appeared the complete opposite. The country side is dry and the grasses and bushes appear as if a big bush fire had just rushed through. … Continue reading →

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2011 Rarotonga

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 17 September 2011 by Chinwagger14 August 2022

This is the holiday that we weren’t really sure why we were going other than Al’s sister and brother-in-law were going, which in itself is reason enough. But Rarotonga! This turned out one of the best island holidays we have had, we meet a great bunch of people through family and greeted and treated above and beyond by some of Chris and Barbs … Continue reading →

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Houseboat on Caboolture River

Buying a House Boat

The phone call came late in the evening. I usually leave calls after eight at night. The phone played that stupid noise I had assigned the ring tone. Who the hell is this bloody phone bloody scam? I thought I'll ...
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A pair of Ugg Boots

Carpet Laying by Gazza

Through my life my close friend and ally in the sometimes serious and sometimes mischief passage of our joint existence has featured in a number of incidents that somehow become known as the Gazza Curse, I will leave the reader ...
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The Forklift

My son and I own a small flooring store, part of a bigger franchising network. He runs the store and I get to do all the jobs that are not selling flooring. There appear to be a lot of these ...
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First Red Claw Catches

First trip for our camper, we  travelled very west of here, to a place called Lake Boondooma . This is a man-made lake which has a huge area for camping. The camping is "bush camping", off grid no power, no ...
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Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

After my assignment in Taipei Al and I decided to brave the wilds of inner Taiwan and find somewhere to spend a few days doing very little other than a some walking and perhaps some bike riding. Our destination is ...
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Coast Guard Rescue

Coast Guard Rescue

Sometimes things just don't go as right as they could and sometimes when that happens particular people are always present. You feel that perhaps, just perhaps they have a little bit influence, it could be some sort of bad air ...
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Caught by a Lure

Caught by a Lure

“Bugger it’s got me” The sound of a fisher that’s just been hooked by their own lure. Fishing in the Upper Noosa we only use lures. Mostly traditional lures, although we have tried various squidgy soft baits and this time ...
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Is Easter fishing cancelled again

Its Thursday 21st April 2011 and its been raining for three days, our back garden has had 24cm, 23cm and 19cm, Harley tells me there has been more further north at Cooroy. Great as Cooroy is close to where we ...
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Toilet paper and snorkelling

The morning constitutional, is always a ritual taken with some trepidation when camping. The facilities can vary from nothing at all, that's the dig your hole and bury your own business,  to full clean flush toilets with hot and cold water ...
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