Mate and I decided to go fishing for the 4 day weekend to Cervantes. Spot we have fished before is just a few clicks north and a good, sheltered bay, reef etc

Arrived Thursday pm and basically set up the camper and area. the avaiabe area was reduced by wave erosion from last time we were there but no problems - so we thought!!

By the time we were set up it eas getting dark and the tide was coming in, and in, and in. By 8pm it was 1 -1 and half metres from the camper, and we were using the balls of sea grass for a levee to stop it rolling over the top.

Next morning was sweet. low tide beautiful conditions calm and sunny. Went aroud the headland and fished and by 8:30 we had 20 Gardies. Plenty of bait for the big Mullas etc we were going to catch that evening !!!!!

Copleted the setup of the camp, annexe etc and waited till evening, whilst tying rigs, loading reels etc.

4pm and the tide is 2 meters from the camper Swell is high and the edge being eroded rapidly.

Mike decided to try fishing around the reef but was back in 5 mins, stating the weed was impossible. Metre long stands of tangled weed that couldn't even be pulled in.

Meanwhile the tide and swell is taking it's toll on the beach, getting closer and closer to the camper. The next five hoours were sepent keeping the sea at bay. Using weed balls and sand to stop it getting into the camper. twice it got in but we kept in back enough till we were confident enough to turn in about midnight, when the tide had turned

If we hadn't kept fighting ans shovelling we would have had a lot of water inside the tent aea. Front and back of the camper and 4WD were being washed up to the dunes. only us in the middle.

Next mornig we decided we weren't staying any longer, forecast for similar conditions that night meant we would have been awash, couldn't spend another evening/night fighting the sea.

So we packed up and came home

Ended up fishing for a total of 2 hours and cut short our trip by 2 days

I would bet the area we usually have no problem camping in has now gone, with the sea reaching the dunes.

Not happy Jan!!

Phil

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