Kununurra March 5th
A few photos from a fishing trip to Ivanhoe Crossing on the Ord and the Dunham River just upstream of the confluence with the Ord. No decent fish - we caught 18 Barra but nothing worth a photo. This was a reward for a team of guys we have working up there at the moment. The crossing was well awash and closed. Absolutely crawling with juveniles who struck at just about anything. The cost in lures was enormous when you combine the speed of the water and the snags - but a great day out. Nothing i said could say would stop the guys from standing right on the waters edge for half an hour at a time - no casualties but i had visions of trying to explain a croc attack as a lost time injury. An interesting story from the guy at the Bush Shack while buying lures - a 2 metre Bull shark caught at the base of the diversion dam a week before. Not a recommended swimming spot.
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Sorry
need to learn to resize - what is ideal for posting?
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Great pics Ian Looks like a great spot
Try bringing the pic sizes down by 50 per cent.
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The crossing
I was just thinking you would not want to cross that now would you. Last time I saw the crossing there was barely a trickle over the top. Shows what the rains do in the wet.
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Dunham
I know of a bloke who nearly got taken at that exact spot on the Dunham in 2000. Bent over to wash his thongs in the water and as he straightened up a croc heads went snap right where his was 2 seconds earlier. Gotta be careful around there Ian, was a big salty that lived down at the junction of the Dunham and the Ord.
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Tried to tell them
John - but some people have to be chewed on before they believe you. I was fishing at Cahills Crossing in the N.T. back in the mid 80's a day before a big croc snaffled a fisherman off the crossing - and he apparently saw it coming but was not quick enough to get away.