Today we got up in the morning and had a quick breakfast. After breakfast I went outside to make up a bait rig for tomorrow. Today was our last day here in Geraldton. Tomorrow we're heading 160 km North to Kalbarri. My sister and I made up a nickname for it last trip. We called it Calamari and Ceduna was Saint Tuna. Anyway I had to make up a bait rig for myself because in Kalbarri there are all these little fish that are about 10-20 cm long under the jetty and they have really small mouths. I decided to make the rig myself because I needed practice on tying fishing knots and its about time that I do my own rigs anyway.
I thought that a Stand Out Dropper Loop would do the trick but the line turned out to be too thick to thread throughout the eye of the small hook. I was using a size 8 hook which is nearly as small as a fly fishing hook. So in the end I resorted to the good old Half Blood Knot which is just about the only fishing knot I know off by heart. I finished my rig and did some integrated studies work. Then I lounged about with Mum and Dad. Dad was revising for his exam.
The only reason that we're in Geraldton is because Dad is doing a Uni course and had to sit an exam. He chose to do it in Geraldton and we ended up having to stay a week here. It was fun though because we went fishing and relaxed a bit. After a while I suggested that we take a walk along the beach. Mum said "Yes" and I went to notify my sister who was on the playground. When we finally set off we had half an hour to walk along the beach. Dad had to sit his exam today at one o'clock so we had to leave the caravan park at 12:30 PM.
The beach walk was not as good as I had imagined. The beach was now covered in seaweed a foot deep. Some of the seaweed near the water had been piled 1 metre deep. To make things worse there were sandflies everywhere. They live in the seaweed and clouds of them swarm out when you step in the seaweed. Luckily I was still wearing my jeans and long shirt from in the morning and avoided getting bitten. The water wasn't turquoise anymore, it was just brown so it wasn't a very pretty sight. We returned to the caravan 30 minutes later and had lunch. For lunch we had two wraps each. Then we had to rush off to the University centre. My sister had been slow eating and had only hurried up when Dad said that his exam was more important that my sisters lunch.
When we finally got to the exam hall we had 20 minutes left till the exam started. Dad jumped out of the car and hurried up to the exam hall. Mum hopped in the driver's seat and drove us away to the shopping centre. At the shopping centre we went grocery shopping and stocked up for the next three days. We also bought some stuff from the bakery. We bought Dad an Almond and Custard Custard scroll. My sister and I got a Choc Mud scone each. Then we went to the beach and ate our stuff. We had also bought a Nudie crushie which is a fruit drink high in energy and it tastes great. We ate our scones with it. The picnic was very enjoyable and all to soon it was three o'clock and we had to pick Dad up from the exam hall. He ate the Almond an Custard scroll quickly and drank the small bottle of juice even quicker.
After tat we drove to B.C.F. Dad said that my sister needed a rod so that she could fish as well. After yesterday my sister has been mad keen on anything to do with fishing. Dad asked me to find a Gaff Hook. I found one soon enough but Dad settled on a shorter version. Then we went and looked at some lures while my sister checked out the rods. They have the biggest blade lures I have ever seen in there. Dad bought some small blade lures. One thing that I don't understand is why these things are so expensive. A quarter ounce blade lure costs $16.95! After my sister decided that she wanted a rod not a hand line we bought her one. In addition to that Dad bought a cast net, a bag of sinkers (the bag weighed about 2 kilos) and new braid. We cant walk into a tackle shop without buying something.(I think.)
After B.C.F we drove back to the caravan and packed up the awning. I got my sisters rod set up (did the drag test, adjusted the drag and put the rod into storage). Then we packed up the chairs and everything else and went into the caravan. Mum started cooking dinner and I started writing my blog. While I was writing my blog we had dinner. Dinner was fried meatballs and noodles. After dinner I finished writing my blog and went to bed.
Oggi Papa' aveva esame.
Siamo andante a fare shopping.
E 'stato divertente.
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