Eco Beach - same weather as Perth ……. Almost

Checked in yesterday after a few weeks on the Gibb and elsewhere - here for week on wife’s request - don’t think I will get bored, heaps of bird action on the water (and poolside too!)

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 Tough life but someones got

Sat, 2021-07-17 11:54

 Tough life but someones got to do it. Enjoy.

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 Just on my way back from

Sat, 2021-07-17 12:07

 Just on my way back from doing the same myself. Along with half of australia it seems. 

 

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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

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Sandfire

Sat, 2021-07-17 13:27

Saw a photo of the line up at Sandfire. Crazy

Half of Perth must be up there atm

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 I skipped sandfire this

Sat, 2021-07-17 14:16

 I skipped sandfire this morning. No line at Pardoo. Saved at least an hour. 
And still hundreds of vans headed north. 

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 I thought the whole of

Sat, 2021-07-17 12:37

 I thought the whole of Australia was up here, it certainly looks like it.

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That’s why we chose Eco- at

Sat, 2021-07-17 12:50

That’s why we chose Eco- at least it is limited to the number who can stay here!
The Gibb was actually not too bad - El Questro was pretty busy but the rest was not too bad

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 Try and get down to jacks

Sat, 2021-07-17 14:22

 Try and get down to jacks creek.

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Yeah we are going - just a

Sat, 2021-07-17 14:47

Yeah we are going - just a bit over 4x4 atm, nothing a few drinks can’t fix !

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Yeah we are going - just a

Sat, 2021-07-17 14:48

Quite a few….

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 For $50, they will launch

Sat, 2021-07-17 16:38

 For $50, they will launch your boat. Couldn't get away from the tuna when we were there a few months back.

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 Enjoy while you can . The

Sat, 2021-07-17 17:17

 Enjoy while you can . 

The amount of people going north is crazy. Lots coming back through hedland but more going towards Broome.  The amount of extra freight going up is nuts. 

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That looks fake....send a

Sat, 2021-07-17 17:26

That looks fake....send a pool pic please :)

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 Thanks mate.... thanks.

Sat, 2021-07-17 18:17

 Thanks mate.... thanks. Really needed that after another week of shiza weather. Forgotten what the sun looks like. 

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I got a shit show to return

Sat, 2021-07-17 20:41

I got a shit show to return to - if it makes you feel any better - our house sitter has said the bathroom ceiling upstairs has collapsed following the rains - I said - can you use the downstairs bathroom :-)

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I got a shit show to return

Sat, 2021-07-17 20:41

I got a shit show to return to - if it makes you feel any better - our house sitter has said the bathroom ceiling upstairs has collapsed following the rains - I said - can you use the downstairs bathroom :-)

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I got a shit show to return

Sat, 2021-07-17 20:42

Or just move out and take the dog!

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 Can you drive to Jacks Creek

Sat, 2021-07-17 18:55

 Can you drive to Jacks Creek along the beach for a fish?? In 2017 I did it - tagging along behind a tour group and had a great time fishing the low tide! 

 

 

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I saw two cars on The beach

Sat, 2021-07-17 20:43

I saw two cars on The beach today - I do t think
It is encouraged but with permission I think you can

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 I had to pay to tag along,

Sat, 2021-07-17 20:57

 I had to pay to tag along, but it was great fun! Look on Google Earth - there are some good holes to fish in the creek at low tide if you are allowed to get there!

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No you can't. The caretaker,

Sun, 2021-07-18 20:39

No you can't. The caretaker, Neal (Traditional owners representative) and employees can. They wouldn't let me back down to unload the inflatable so, with a broken coccys (2 days earlier) we carried the boat (30kg), motor (35kg), fishing gear, safety gear and fuel 200 odd meters down to the water in 35 degrees. All this while the staff and various employees drove past us in the buggies for various reasons.

Tide was higher when we came in but there was a wedding getting ready so we had to get out of the way quick smart.

The next day, I was chatting with the owners son who had a boat on a trailer there but no motor...I had a motor...he could drive on the beach so we went fishing until he got a call saying that someone had tripped the power in one of the villas so we had to come home.

 

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 Eco beach is awesome! Jacks

Sat, 2021-07-17 21:24

 Eco beach is awesome! Jacks creek is fun as well as just flicking from the beach on the high tide.

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As I sit in Adelaide reading this...

Sun, 2021-07-18 09:50

 

max temp today 11 deg if I'm lucky...  but the howling gales have stopped for a while....

 

my thoughts of you up there are not complimentary!!

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 To think I have to put up

Sun, 2021-07-18 11:41

 To think I have to put up with the conditions up here in Broome for 6 months every year not just a week make me feel sad for you folks freezing your arses off...........Not

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Have visited Broome 3 times.....

Sun, 2021-07-18 15:04

 

would love to live there...

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 Not as nice in wet season

Mon, 2021-07-19 06:30

 Not as nice in wet season but the fishing makes up for it

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 Is that what I have to put

Mon, 2021-07-19 11:15

 Is that what I have to put up with when I get to Broome this week? It'll be tough 

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Hope....

Mon, 2021-07-19 14:31

 

 

    you get sunburn...

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 Swine!

Mon, 2021-07-19 14:48

 Swine!

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 I'll survive thanks fellas!

Mon, 2021-07-19 16:48

 I'll survive thanks fellas! Unfortunately it'll be spring tides when I'm there so no chasing sailfish. I've got a day out booked chasing threadies and black jew so fingers crossed.

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What.....

Tue, 2021-07-20 16:42

 

.. we said before.....

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 C'mon you got to let me

Tue, 2021-07-20 17:03

 C'mon you got to let me gloat a little bit!

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Look in...

Tue, 2021-07-20 18:22

 

"Latest For Sale" for 'davewillo voodoo dolls- pins included'....

 

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 Ha ha 

Tue, 2021-07-20 21:04

 Ha ha 

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 Yeah I guess I asked for

Wed, 2021-07-21 09:26

 Yeah I guess I asked for that :-)

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 Looks like I have got Friday

Wed, 2021-07-21 06:25

 Looks like I have got Friday off. With Perth getting pissed on the weather is perfect so will go chase a Thready and fire them up for you Dave.

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 Sounds good mate. Really

Wed, 2021-07-21 09:26

 Sounds good mate. Really looking forward to seeing the sun again!

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what do the salmon like? -

Wed, 2021-07-21 08:43

what do the salmon like? - twisties? - we had a school of tuna in real close yesterday - gave a young bloke on the beach casting a popper on a "whiting outfit" the time of his life before spooling him :-)

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Chunk of mulie was prooving

Wed, 2021-07-21 10:26

Chunk of mulie was prooving successful at Pardoo. 

Those schools that sit just beyond casting distance off the beach are so frustrating though I do have some teeth marks in lures that I managed to get out there. Didnt hook up though. 

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thanks mate - not too many

Wed, 2021-07-21 11:27

thanks mate - not too many opportunities to buy mulies here - might stick to the poppers :-)

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Yep, they used to be able to

Wed, 2021-07-21 20:02

Yep, they used to be able to provide some small mullet or whitebait, but that's when you could borrow fishing rods.

 

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 If you have any ,a small

Thu, 2021-07-22 06:14

 If you have any ,a small vibe plastic works well. don't have to cast a coutry mile as salmon will be in close feeding if they are there. Failing that steal some big prawns off the chef and put on a 10/0 hook and running #3 ball sinker.