Monday, November 17, 2008

Whitebaiting

Half way through our 5 hour journey down to the Awakino Gorge (amongst Friday afternoon traffic) I wondered why on earth do we mission all this way for a single weekend......... then I got this photo and I'd answered my own question.





We spent Saturday on the banks of the Mokau river willing the tiniest little fish into our net. 19 whitebait. That's it.




But we found other things to do in between checking our net...


The leftovers (fresh water shrimp and the bigger less desirable whitebait) made a lovely afternoon tea for the chooks.






Childhood memories came flooding back when we fed 'Floss'. This little lamb has got one powerful suck. Hector couldn't really manage holding onto the bottle for more than a few gulps.

I was hoping this would look way steeper than it does here because I had my heart pounding out of my chest when I got to the top.





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