Australia Day

Time to celebrate all things Australian!

From what I can tell, it involves cricket, drinking, BBQs, going to the beach, and.........did I mention drinking?

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!!!

SHARKS

I went spearing the last two days and found some excellent coral reefs. This one area has some of the best selection of bommies and little caves for fish to hide in. This area was crawling with a limitless amount of fish to spear. The area is so good that it has another permanent inhabitant; the whitetip reef shark. This area had a bunch of them, from 3ft. babies to 6ft adults. It's tough to spear in the area because they will be attracted to the fish I spear and will try and take them from me. If I do spear a fish I have to swim like hell back to the boat before one of them sharks me; steals the fish off my spear. I know they are supposed to be relatively harmless to humans but they are still sharks. It is hard to tell yourself that you are fine when you have a six footer swimming nearby with the theme music to JAWS in your head.

From Under the Sea

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday Mom!~~~Happy Birthday Sherman!

Both my Mom and Father-in-law share the same birthday.

Dolphins

We were on the boat looking for a place to stop and spear some fish. This family of dolphins swam by. There were at least 5 of them swimming around. They stayed in the area for a few minutes then I lost track of them.

From On the Water

From On the Water

Finding Nemo

From NEMO

From NEMO

I FOUND HIM!

Poker

It was poker night. Long story short, I get to keep the poker trophy for another week. Go me!

My first coral trout

I went spear fishing today and got two fishes, one cod and one coral trout. I heard coral trout are extremely good eating and I wanted to find out. And he was a decent sized fish at 50cm. It took me about an hour and a half to get the trout because he was determined to live and I was determined to get him. I took at least three shots at him with my spear before I hit him the first time. When I hit him the first time, he wormed his way off the spear; it must not have gone through. That was when I spent an hour trying to find him again. I was about to give up when he gave me one last shot. I finally got him with a clean shot through the side of the head. He was also the first fish that I got to clean myself.