BROOME TIME With a steady stream of caravans rolling into Broome on their annual pilgrimage, the town is starting to hum again after a very, very wet season. It is much like the ebb and flow of the … [Read more...]
LURE OF THE RIVER-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 31/5/2017
LURE OF THE RIVER I was only in Broome for two days, with some time up my sleeve before running any skipper’s ticket courses, so the urge to head out to the Fitzroy River for some land based barra … [Read more...]
SEIZE THE MOMENT-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 24/5/2017
SEIZE THE MOMENT Readers may recall last week I was planning a marine session for some South Hedland school students who have been having a tough time of late. I won’t go into the details, but … [Read more...]
OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 17/5/2017
OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE Before plunging into this week’s topic, following up from last week’s article and my brief chat with ‘Macca’ on Australia All Over last Sunday morning, my expedition up the … [Read more...]
ROADMASTER BOAT TRAILERS-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 10/5/2017
ROADMASTER BOAT TRAILERS I spend a lot of time at boat ramps witnessing boat launch ‘procedures’ that go belly up and can involve embarrassment, abuse, damage to boats, vehicles and sometimes even … [Read more...]
FISHING AT LAST-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 5/5/2017
FISHING AT LAST! After everyone’s stories from down south about awesome autumn weather, great waves and the fishing going off, I figured it was about time for an article about my first few fishing … [Read more...]