Windy weather in Carnarvon
Got a phone call at 0620 on Saturday morning saying that the sea rescue boat was needed urgently to pull a large catamarn yacht off the rock wall in the Fascine. For the next five hours the crew on the boat was busy towing 3 yachts [one twice] and a cabin cruiser away from the rocks while the wind gusted to forty knots. Charlie, Les and Ian, the crew on the boat did an excellent job in trying conditions with limited room to manouvre between the other moored vessel. The first yacht had to be towed to the slipway later to be pulled from the water with numerous holes punched through the hull.
Just before dark I got another call from one of our home bases reporting a large jetty pile floating out off the prawning jetty, radio warnings were put out and along with another crew member I went out to find it and tow it in to the harbour for removal.
Finding the floating pile was easy as it was like glass it was so flat. Looking round to see if there was any more we found another one complete with cross beams next to the prawning jetty. There was major damage to the jetty with decking being lifted up from the force of the waves and sadly it may be the start of end for it.
To make thing worse got another call that there is another pile floating out from the one mile jetty with a couple more tangled up where a section of the jetty there has collapsed so its a trip out there first thing in the morning
dodgy
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That old prawning jetty is
That old prawning jetty is in terrible shape. Really sad to see that go. I spent a few years fishing off that and the One Mile. Caught my first ever Tailer and a few other notables there in my young days. Next thing you will be telling me the rubbish tip jetty is gone too.....
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
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Long gone
The rubbish tip hasn't had a jetty for years. Still some good fish caught there on a high tide though.
Will get a few more shots tomorrow of the damage to the one mile jetty and hopefully its not too bad.
dodgy
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Hope not. All started going
Hope not. All started going downhill when the toilets at the end burnt down.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
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End of 1 mile
The end of the one mile is still closed since the re opening after the fire burn out the section by the landing half way out so this is another huge set back for the vollies and the crew doing the rebuild.
The piles we towed in would have done serious damage to a boat if they had run in to them with only a tip visible above the water.
wide open
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what is it with the jettys up there
hows the weather in carnarvon now is it hot or cold??
just wondering becasue i was thinking of going up to escape perth crappy weather
carnarvonite
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Temps
Getting down to 10 overnight and a cool 21 tomorrow, should be back up to the usual 24 in a couple of days.
Snapper, snapper and snapper is the word at the moment but the Lady Joyce is only coming up with just size ones and the islands producing some good fish.
Faulkner Family
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some nasty winds blowing all
some nasty winds blowing all along the coast. by the looks of the old prawning jetty it is going to be extinct soon. another bit of history (and fishing spot) gone. hope the 1 mile faired ok
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
carnarvonite
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1 Mile
Spent 4 hours towing in a bug chunk of the 1 mile jetty today. Lot of bits hanging off and suspect we [sea rescue ] will get more call outs to tow bits in
out wide
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Well done carnarvonite
just another example of the good work you guys do up there.