Well where do I start left Perth 4am, 6th may for our three week fishn trip to exmouth and then to derby that we had planned for six months . Hooked up the cruiser and the boat and did good time and got to carnarvon by 2 o'clock time dicked around a bit because we decided to change the Ali bait board height to suit the bolt on barbi which was too high so found local guy in carnarvon to do some Ali welding for us 50 bucks what a bargain.

Ok time for some r&r so we checked in at the Gascoyne for a night had Agee beers and anise feed at the pub. Next morning up at sparrows fart and head our way to exmouth for a weeks Fishn. got to exmouth at 1pm and the weather was lookn shit hot so unloaded all the car and boat into our villa we had booked at exmouth villas and was toungeing for a fish. Got some bait and head straight down to bundegi boat ramp was on the water by 2.30 and out to the back of the murions for a bottom bounce.

first drop double header gt and a big chinaman couple of sharks and a few red throats ok we got fishn chips tonight with the red throats. wind started to blow up it was time for back to the ramp. All excited for the next day, got up but the wind was howling and so was the rain so that was it. the weather stayed with us for the next week so we got cabin fever but the beer was cold.

15 th may head up to port hed;and and realized when we got there we were one swag short of what we left exmouth with shit some backpackers gonna be happy finding that on the road. it was new and never had been slept in. got there at 2 in the afternoon to meet up with a couple of my mates that live there and had organized our derby trip which they do every year. Got all the boats ready to head to derby on the 17th ready to drop in the water on the 18th and purchased a new swag. My mate put us up in port hedland for the 2 nights and lucky for us his wife was home for five days from the master chef show so she Cooked up a storm for us.

17th got to derby three boats booked into the hotel with quiet night ready for the next days journey. Up at sparrows fart again down to the derby boat ramp to get in at high tide. Here we go a trip off a lifetime made koolan islands in 3 and bit hours for a fuel up at the bargers $650 for a forty four drum so off to raft point we go. arrived at 2.30 and were keen for a fish. the weather was hot no clouds in the sky no wind this is perfect. Did a 2 hours bottom bouncing and were reeling in fingermark one after the other now this the shit. Found a creek to raft up the three boats for the night cookn up fresh fish and a few beers we were stoked.

1 o'clock in the morning this is where the trip went to shit. a massive storm hit and we broke anchor howling wind and rain had to separate all three boats and find own anchorage but couldn't hold anchor still so this was the beginning of no sleep for the next three days. So the next morning we headed another 15 mile to some creeks to try and find some shelter but got smashed by the wind and rain again no sleep shit. That's it in the morning we were sure if we headed to the horizontal falls we would get some shelter. guess what, wrong again we spent the whole night awake bailing water out of the boats with a frypan .so the decision was made in the morning to cut the trip short by five days and head back to koolan fuel up again and back to derby with soaked swags sleepin bags and clothes we were wrecked . Sorry about the book I've just written but I'm half pissed sittn in broome at cable beach Getty some r&r.