DODGING BULLETS I have recently been engrossed in a book lent to me by Laurie Keene about Ned Kelly, written by Peter Fitzsimons, who is well known for his unique style of bringing Australian … [Read more...]
DETERMINED DAVE-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 26/9/2018
DETERMINED DAVE Before getting into this week’s main topic, some important reminders to local boaties. The Gnarabup boat ramp is being upgraded and will be closed anytime up to October 31. Also, … [Read more...]
NAVIGATING MADE EASY-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 12/9/2018
NAVIGATING MADE EASY After arriving in Port Hedland and setting up camp at Cooke Pt Caravan Park, I quickly made contact with Zac Slaughter, the Commander of the Port Hedland Volunteer Marine … [Read more...]
POPPER PANDEMONIUM-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 29/8/2018
POPPER PANDEMONIUM With only a week left in Kununurra, a mate rang to say he had some friends in town, they were going fishing and had the perfect sized 3.7m Dart to access remote locations. In a … [Read more...]
NO MORE EXCUSES NEEDED-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 15/8/2018
NO MORE EXCUSES NEEDED Readers may recall last week I listed all my excuses why we had not caught a barra in two trips and that I was organising a last hoorah, now that Jungle Jim Nilsson had done … [Read more...]
EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 8/8/2018
EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES Since arriving in Kununurra a month ago I have been putting off writing this article and the reason will soon become obvious once you read it. Besides chasing the sun to … [Read more...]