Tricky Micky Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/18/2024 at 5:25 PM, iBooz2 said: Let me know when you are going there next, and I will tag along, bring one of my boats and we will give em a flogging'. You're on! On 3/18/2024 at 5:25 PM, iBooz2 said: Arh Hem ! What's this, NO Esky sitting on the bank. The Reddies would have swum straight past you looking for their way out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 While in Halls Gap (Victoria) dropped into Barney's Bistro Bar. Not a bad spot for one or two on a hot day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 7 minutes ago, Tricky Micky said: While in Halls Gap (Victoria) dropped into Barney's Bistro Bar. Not a bad spot for one or two on a hot day. Yeah, that place is rustic & I have dropped in there over the years. Cheers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 18 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: Yeah, that place is rustic & I have dropped in there over the years. Cheers. No tap beer, and not a huge range of canned or bottled beers available - still a nice spot to drop in and have a couple though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 8 hours ago, Tricky Micky said: You're on! You guys might have to act fast. My brother, who is in Horsham, tells me they are draining Lake Lonsdale into the Wimmera River. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: My brother, who is in Horsham, tells me they are draining Lake Lonsdale into the Wimmera River. Hmmmmmmmm! Might have to attack the Wimmera river instead. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 We were still hovering around Halls Gap after a few days so back to the Halls Gap pub for another feed at the trough. Bit sold on the fishy gravlax and some porker belly - went down a treat. And of course the trusty old parmi/parma 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerdo Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, Tricky Micky said: We were still hovering around Halls Gap after a few days so back to the Halls Gap pub for another feed at the trough. Bit sold on the fishy gravlax and some porker belly - went down a treat. And of course the trusty old parmi/parma Thanks for sharing your trip with us, Mick. I tell you what, all your meals look A grade. Almost as good as your wife's cooking. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Great stuff Mick ! Looks wonderful, and some decent looking grub too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Some lovely views from one of the look outs at the Grampians. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 A visitor each late arvo - had a lot to talk about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 To bring this baby home, we took a detour heading back and visited, Port Arlington (Mussel country), Barwon Heads and then Queenscliff taking the Sorrento ferry back over to the Mornington Peninsular. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 7 minutes ago, Tricky Micky said: To bring this baby home, we took a detour heading back and visited, Port Arlington (Mussel country), Barwon Heads and then Queenscliff taking the Sorrento ferry back over to the Mornington Peninsular. Great stuff Mick, how did that sneaky beer get in there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Classic Brewing Co said: Great stuff Mick, how did that sneaky beer get in there? The Port Arlington Pub for the cheeky sneaky. Not a bad spot, and have some awesome mussel dishes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 31 minutes ago, Tricky Micky said: The Port Arlington Pub for the cheeky sneaky. Not a bad spot, and have some awesome mussel dishes. Yeah, you got to grab one when you can & why wouldn't you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennyss Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 16 hours ago, Tricky Micky said: To bring this baby home I enjoyed the photos of food, beer and country from your road trip - thank you. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 hours ago, jennyss said: I enjoyed the photos of food, beer and country from your road trip - thank you. Me too @Tricky Micky thanks for sharing cobber - looks like you are lovin life in our wonderful country with all it has to offer - we’re very very lucky I reckon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 11 minutes ago, Triple B Brewing said: Me too @Tricky Micky thanks for sharing cobber - looks like you are lovin life in our wonderful country with all it has to offer - we’re very very lucky I reckon Too right we are - it is a great country we live in. We are blessed in Oz -so many places to visit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 A quick 3 day fishing trip around Barmah - stayed in NSW at a lovely spot on the Muzza (Murray) River. All we caught were Carp unfortunately, targeted Yella's but no takers. Day 1. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Tricky Micky said: A quick 3 day fishing trip around Barmah - stayed in NSW at a lovely spot on the Muzza (Murray) River. All we caught were Carp unfortunately, targeted Yella's but no takers. Day 1. Beautiful @Tricky Micky - WOW looks like that part of the river can get really deep lookin at the size of them banks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) On 3/28/2024 at 12:58 PM, Tricky Micky said: A quick 3 day fishing trip around Barmah - stayed in NSW at a lovely spot on the Muzza (Murray) River. All we caught were Carp unfortunately, targeted Yella's but no takers. Now young @Tricky Micky please take it from an old Yellow Belly Master and master of the Murray. You need to fish in amongst the snags. A single hook paternoster rig with a 3/0 KL circle hook. Use fresh caught and live river shrimp using two shrimp on the hook and hook them just through the top of the tails - but back-to-back so they kick off each other and flick against each other therefore creating movement. Allow your sinker to sit on the bottom and don't move it but just tug the line enough to keep the shrimp moving in the water. Tug the line until you can feel the sinker then relax it, just that 50 mm or so. BANG - Gotcha ! Also, it looks like you are fishing on the sandbar side of the river. That area is only good very late at night and just prior to dawn. For daylight fishing get on the steep banks just downstream from a bunch of snags. If you are not getting you lines snagged up often then you are not close enough to the snags, so be prepared to tie on lots of new bottoms and hooks. Yellow belly like to pick shrimp off the snags and weeds like nibbling corn off a cob. I would have used that sand bar location for caching shrimp during most of the night (with appropriate shrimp traps/nets near weed) and then kept them either alive and fresh or if that is not possible then frozen for use the next day over near the snags. You can thank me later.... Edited March 29 by iBooz2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) On 3/24/2024 at 8:46 AM, Tricky Micky said: A couple of years back we had one of these sulphur crested cockatoos come to our patio, so we started feeding it with sunflower seeds. It became so tame we could hand feed it one seed at a time. It used to climb onto our arms etc. Late in the afternoon we could hear him/her flying in screaming from 1 km away. We gave him/her the name "scream'n demon". Trouble was, later he bought a mate whom we called "George" as he/she used to gorge down handfuls of sunflower seeds like there was no tomorrow. A bit later in the piece we had about 80 of the buggers turn up every afternoon, word must have gotten around down at the parrot and cockatoo pub. So, we had to stop feeding them as they became a plague and we could not get rid of them. Big trouble when we stopped the free feeds as they started to chew on the red cedar timber window and door frames to our house. I even put pepper and water paste on all the cedar bits but that did not stop them, they seemed to like it - bugger! In the end the only way to get the massive flock to move onto somewhere else was to hit them with the water hose and we had to do that constantly for months for the mob to get the message. Nowadays we only get the occasional visit from the scream'n demon but we shoo him/her away ASAP. Great out in the bush but a pest in the suburbs. Edited March 29 by iBooz2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Brewing Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 minute ago, iBooz2 said: A couple of years back we had one of these sulphur crested cockatoos come to our patio, so we started feeding it with sunflower seeds. It became so tame we could hand feed it one seed at a time. It used to climb onto our arms etc. Late in the afternoon we could hear him/her flying in screaming from 1 km away. We gave him/her the name "scream'n demon". Trouble was, later he bought a mate whom we called "George" as he/she used to gorge down handfuls of sunflower seeds like there was no tomorrow. A bit later in the piece we had about 80 of the buggers turn up every afternoon, word must have gotten around down at the parrot and cockatoo pub. So, we had to stop feeding them as they became a plague and we could not get rid of them. Big trouble when we stopped the free feeds as they started to chew on the red cedar timber window and door frames to our house. I even put pepper and water paste on all the cedar bits but that did not stop them, they seemed to like it - bugger! In the end the only way to get the massive flock to move onto somewhere else was to hit them with the water hose and we had to do that constantly for months for the mob to get them message. Nowadays we only get the occasional visit from the scream'n demon but we shoo him/her away ASAP. Great out in the bush but a pest in the suburbs. Pffffft that's nothing mate my grandkids feed kookaburras by hand and pat them we have a father mother and their young one I'm nearly succeeding in getting one on my shoulder now that will be an achievement 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 3 minutes ago, iBooz2 said: A couple of years back we had one of these sulphur crested cockatoos come to our patio, so we started feeding it with sunflower seeds. It became so tame we could hand feed it one seed at a time. It used to climb onto our arms etc. Late in the afternoon we could hear him/her flying in screaming from 1 km away. We gave him/her the name "scream'n demon". Trouble was, later he bought a mate whom we called "George" as he/she used to gorge down handfuls of sunflower seeds like there was no tomorrow. A bit later in the piece we had about 80 of the buggers turn up every afternoon, word must have gotten around down at the parrot and cockatoo pub. So, we had to stop feeding them as they became a plague and we could not get rid of them. Big trouble when we stopped the free feeds as they started to chew on the red cedar timber window and door frames to our house. I even put pepper and water paste on all the cedar bits but that did not stop them, they seemed to like it - bugger! In the end the only way to get the massive flock to move onto somewhere else was to hit them with the water hose and we had to do that constantly for months for the mob to get them message. Nowadays we only get the occasional visit from the scream'n demon but we shoo him/her away ASAP. Great out in the bush but a pest in the suburbs. Yep, this is the exact reason we are told not to feed our native animals - It is just not good for them, or us. My Father in law feeds the local ravens. - he can't help himself. Their carport is full of bird poo and they have had to install a shade cloth sail over their vehicles to stop the poop on them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Brewing Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 minute ago, Triple B Brewing said: Yep, this is the exact reason we are told not to feed our native animals - It is just not good for them, or us. My Father in law feeds the local ravens. - he can't help himself. Their carport is full of bird poo and they have had to install a shade cloth sail over their vehicles to stop the poop on them Up on the river they are everywhere the bloody mongrels but they don't like noise all you have to do is slap 2 thongs together and they hate it but it moves them on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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