Fishing Day

On Friday 2nd my cousin and I all day were organising to go fishing. I got home from school and started getting my stuff ready for the morning. I had to re-rig my reel and sort out my tackle box. After about an hour of sorting everything out I was ready for the morning. I then went to sleep and… woke up late as usual.
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My cousin called me and asked me to come down, I got straight up, grabbed my stuff and went. It was fairly windy for a day out fishing but it wasn’t the worst day I’ve been. There were lots of fish hungry for food so we had some good fish biting our bait. At the start we were just catching tiny little bream but as the day went on the fish got bigger.
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By 11:30 people were catching Mangrove Jacks and big cod around us. In the meantime I’m here still catching bream. About 20 minutes later i hooked on to something big but my line wasn’t heavy enough to handle it so it straight away snapped off. My cousin then came to where i got snapped off and tried to catch it, the only problem was his line wasn’t strong enough either, his rod snapped straight off.
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After that we pretty much just re-rigged our line and went home. there was no use in trying because we would havejust kept losing our gear. It was a great day out fishing and well worth the loss. Will definitely be going again.

My Dog Clyde

We bought Clyde in Northampton from a breeder  in 2012 . He is an American staffy and his colour is tan and white.  He was one of six puppies and his sister named Bonnie lives in Perth with my Uncle Brett  so they get to play together when we visit each other.  He was the cutest little puppy but grew to be a very big dog.

He loves water and we take him swimming at the beach whenever we can and we have a dog pool for him at home. He would swim all day if he could.

I have taught Clyde to shake, hi-five and roll over , he would do anything for his favourite snack – Smackos.  He likes to watch animals on tv and loves a game of tug of war with rope.  He likes to think he is a tough guard dog but really he is a big softie.

When I take him for a walk to the whale lookout he loves to sit on the chairs there and look out over the town.  He always wants to go for a ride in the car and is at the gate waiting to go for a ride as soon as mum or dad pick up the car keys. When we can’t take him for a ride he acts really sad and sulks.

Overall Clyde is a great dog, full of personality and is my best friend.

 

 

Queensland Holiday

On the second week of the school holidays Daniel and I went to Queensland to see my Dad. We woke up at 5 AM in the morning to drive to Perth. When we got to Perth we went to Karrinyup shopping centre to get some food. We then went to Karrinyup Waters Resort to book our accommodation. At that night for dinner we went out to Sizzlers. I had pumpkin soup, Mum had chicken soup and Daniel had steak. After that we went to Time Zone and stayed there for an hour and a half. We played a bunch of games and one was you had a hammer and you had to smash it on a button and see how hard it was. Daniel had the first go and his highest score was 903. Than I had a go after him and my highest score was 901. I was pretty chuffed with that. After that we went back to Karrinyup Waters and stayed up a little bit watching TV and then went to bed.

We woke up at 7 o’clock to have a shower and get ready so we would get to the airport early and have plenty of time to sit and relax and not rush around. We went through security and walked upstairs to have some food and a coffee. After that we sat down at our gate number and waited for the lady to say the plane is ready to leave. When she said the plane was ready and everyone had to board we stood up and walked to the back of the line so our tickets could get scanned. When our tickets got scanned we said our final goodbyes to Mum and walked onto the plane.

And that’s when our adventure began.

End of part one

 

 

Kalbarri Sunset

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The other weekend I was sitting out the back and I saw the clouds in the sky. It was beautiful, I just had to take a photo of the sunset! It was amazing. So now everyday my Aunty and I go and watch the sunset down at red bluff . I will walk down to red bluff from my house with my dog and she would drive down (because of her leg she can’t walk that far). I normally climb up the rocks and watch it from up there. After it goes down I would have to try and make my way down almost in the dark (because I can’t see in the dark) it is difficult. I slipped over once and slid on my bum and I have all scratches and bruises on my bum and back of legs from it! I have always in joyed watching the sunset I just love it, it is so beautiful l could stay there forever. Everynight there is always different colours in the sunset like blue,pink,purple,orange,red,yellow,etc. and each and everyone is just a beautiful as the other! The sunsets in Kalbarri are like no sunsets I have ever ever seen before. Some nights the clouds will be in different shapes, sizes and colours. Like in this photo up the top the clouds are in one spot And the blue colour is a nice dark/lighter blue with the orange and yellow rest of the sky. My homework for this term for writing on the blog is going to be based on photography and each week I will try to go to a different place each week so you can see all of Kalbarri.So there Will be more photos and if I can put up videos to come. So hope you enjoyed reading my post and I will see you next week.

by Georgia

soda battered fish recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup of self-raising flour

1 cup of plain flour

300ml of beer or soda water

1 egg

As much oil as you want to use

And any fish of your choice about 500-750gms  (I recommend any category 1 fish)

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Method :

1: Combine the flours into a medium sized bowl.

2: Add egg and beer/soda water.

3: Stir for about a minute or so until it forms a smooth batter.

4: Cut your fish of choice into thin pieces.

5: Heat your fry pan until the oil is very hot. (for kids doing this part have a parent near by because the oil can be dangerous)

6: Place the fish into the batter and coat it well.

7: Place the fish into the hot oil be careful when placing the fish in the oil because the oil can spit.

8: Line a plate with paper towel so when you put the fish on the plate the oil gets soaked and doesn’t run everywhere.

9: Let the fish sit in the oil for about 3-4 minutes on each side or till golden and crispy.

10: Get the fish out and put it on the paper towel.

11: Cut up some lemon and plate it up with some herbs and spices.

12: This recipe has been proven to be good by Russel, Curtis and Deb Waterman.

Washed out!

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On the last school holidays I recently went to Lucky Bay for a camping trip with Mum and Dad.

We met up with two of my Dad’s friends and their sons, they were younger than me and they don’t go camping often. So it was fun teaching all of them how to ride the motorbikes and stuff like that.

We stayed for three days, on the first day the weather was sunny and warm, we spent the day swimming and Dad took us on the quadbike to the Wagoe rock pools, while exploring we found a fresh water spring but the water didn’t taste very nice.

When we got back that night Mum and I made a delicious spaghetti bolognaise and garlic damper in the camp oven. I fell asleep in my new swag while looking up at the stars. The next mourning we awoke to an overcast day, although the weather was still warm because there was no wind, unusual for Lucky bay!

We spent that day on the motorbikes at Wagoe beach, Dad and his friends went diving while the kids and my Mum looked for oysters on the reef, we had more luck than Dad. When we got back to camp we got our fishing gear and headed down to the beach, still had no luck with a catch but had fun with the blowies tickling our feet.

About four o’clock in the arvo, down came the rain…And boy did it pour! Luckily my Dad’s mate’s camp was a little more water proof than our sun shade with a tarp over it. We spent most of the night in their tent, playing games and trying to stay dry. Bonus for me though, my new swag was a hit and I had a nice dry sleep.

Regardless of the weather we had a great weekend, although we think we need to revamp our camping accommodation and Dad needs to not trust his willy weather app as much!

By Nate