by shearers quarters do you mean the huts out prickly point?  Just came back from a week up there (lasy week May).  The pinkies are like blowies, good luck finding anything else.  We nabbed a few decent blacks and bluebone but it was hard work getting away from the pinks. closer in to the islands there was some decent ground for both without too many pinks.

 They are fairly loading up the beaches with 25 foot caravans these days so not the quiet place it once was, there were 8 big vans on the small beach in from of the huts when we were there. Makes getting a spot to launch the boat problematic. There are also goats friggin everywhere, they seem to be running a lot more on the bay side of the station than before and they have pretty much destroyed the place, not a tree to be seen that hasn't been chewed to death. They like to trample anyone who turns on the tap too!  Flies are thick up there at the minute so take fly net or lots of repellent. 

Still a great spot with plenty of fish if you like snapper. You'll bag out in half an hour though so lots of catch and release. Bigger models are in the deeper water mostly, or fish dusk till about 9pm. 

Road going in is in the worst condidtion I have seen in 10 years going there, graders were working when we were leaving so hopefully you'll get a better run than us. 

Have a great trip.