Old schoolfriend Martin Rowell and his wife Fiona are visiting from England. Their daughter Catriona, lives in Perth with her husband and two children, so they’ve added a visit to Sydney on to their trip to Perth.
At Martin’s request, today we rented a little boat and went fishing on Pittwater. Fabulous weather – 26 degrees and sunny. We caught lots of fish, all just too small to keep and eat. Martin had a big flathead on the hook (60cm!) but as we tried to get in into the boat it bit through the line and escaped. Bugger! The one that got away.
Then Fiona caught another big fish – a leatherjacket, but that leapt off the hook as she tried to get it into the boat. My one big fish also escaped – I have no idea what it was, but it was ugly and seemed to have lots of warty bits on its head!
We did land lots of smaller bream. So I caught eight fish, Fiona had four and Martin had four (including the ones that got away!)
We had a nice ride back home through Palm Beach, enjoying the lovely views of the ocean and the incredibly expensive houses.
