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Leaping fish of Madang

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 29 December 2011 by Chinwagger29 September 2019

Beneath this layer is a marine wonder world of reef fish in bright blues, yellow, black and white like a zebra, and long grey fish like garfish. Looking intently more and more wonderful fish appear right below deck in the mottling of the moving lagoon.

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Posted in 2011 Christmas in PNG, PNG | Tagged 2011 PNG, Fish, Madang PNG | Leave a reply

Best spot yet for snorkelling

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 25 September 2011 by Chinwagger3 April 2018

What a lazy day, moving very slowly in the warm air today, our first stop was some coffee and then we filled the bikes with petrol, that was about it, unless you count finding the best snorkelling so far out the back of the smallest and most southerly motu was interesting. Early this morning the rest of the party turned up, five more couples … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Rarotonga, Resort Holiday | Tagged Cook Islands, Fish, Kayak, Koromiri, Lagoon, Rarotonga, Snorkelling | Leave a reply

Big Game Fishing

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 22 September 2011 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

A day out fishing at Rarotonga where we caught absolutely bloody nothing.

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Posted in 2011 Rarotonga, Fishing | Tagged Avarua, Avatiu Harbour, Cook Islands, FAD, Fish, Fishing, Mahi Mahi, Rarotonga, Wahoo | Leave a reply

Killer Picasso

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 20 September 2011 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

Killer Picasso or lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), this lagoon is full of killer triggerfish, well they would be if they were big enough. There I was just minding my own business and snorkeling along, and I have this triggerfish rush my mask, he did it once, then he did it again and then he did it a third time. I … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Rarotonga, Resort Holiday | Tagged Cook Islands, Fish, Lagoon, Muri Beach, Rarotonga, snorkelling, Triggerfish | Leave a reply

Today is Clockwise

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 19 September 2011 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

It was a big day today, we venture out from the resort and took the clockwise yellow Japanese imported bus around the island to town and did shopping, we got acquainted with the size and shape of the island. Its more or less round and just over thirty kilometres, the transport consists of lots of motorbikes and smaller cars. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Resort Holiday | Tagged Cook Islands, Fish, Lagoon, motu, Oneroa, Rarotonga, Shipwreck, Shipwrecks, snorkelling

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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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