G'day Snapps, thanks mate. I haven't spent nearly enough time exploring the Mary River. The size and sheer scale of it fort these parts defies belief until one gets into it in a paddlecraft. Several smaller rivers join the Mary, right at it mouth and the volume of water flowing out through it on a big tide ( 4 metres for here) makes crossing the river a hoot and a real good workout.
The river is home to huge king salmon and barramundi and I went undergunned with my ultralight gear and got smashed every time. A very expensive proposition when using Japanese lures. Will be going back real soon, loaded for bear.
Re the camera, not really mate. It was pretty expensive at the time but by all accounts pretty basic now. I am resisting getting one of the lovely new Sony DSLRs and just can't justfy the expense.
Craig, thanks mate,
I crop and re-size and crop with Microsoft Office Picture Manager and play with them a bit in picassa 3. I have a basic version of Photoshop but don't have the skills to use it.
My camera is only a DSLR wannabe - a Panasonic DMC-FZ50, X 10 megapixel job and I bought it for the big optical zoom. Pic quality isn't nearly as good as even an entry level DSLR but still pretty good for what the camera is. I am still only learning about composition and ISO and apperture settings and all that technical stuff.
Will definately be checking that link out, thank you for posting it.
G'day Bruce, the water is starting to clear up in the Bay now but the rivers are still running pretty fresh and muddy. We missed the worst of the rain and wind thank goodness but still got gusts here at up to about 60 knots and several days of very heavy rain. Lake Lenthall is full again and the impoundment barra in it are coming back on the bight after nearly a year of being completely shut down after the last floods. I hope to get out there soon to get into a couple of them before the coming winter cold shuts them down again.
My mates are telling me that the Lake is starting to look like Kakadu again so by next summer, things should be great again.
In the mean time, I am gearing up to go back to the Mary mouth and try to get one of them big kings into my boat. Might have to take a billy club to belt him into submission first.
This one shows the Mountains of Fraser Island, about 11 miles distant - in the background. I will be making the crossing in Okwata real soon. Southern shore of the Mary River mouth is in the foreground to the right.
