I did something highly unusual for me in the past week our visitors from France have been here and we went out for a drive around the countryside. i have decided i should be doing this more often exploring our local area. We took them up to beechworth and down to Myrtleford. yes Drongo and Wendy I popped into your town found the Fez Cafe and loved it I have a thing for all things Morrocan. Then off to Bright and up over the hills to Mount Beauty. When I was at the lookout before Mount beauty (and oh what a view) I realised I had never been there before, hence the need for me to get out more. We came back through Yackandandah and had a totally enjoyable day. I also spent time sitting down on the river 500m from home while my friends were taking pictures of the hundreds of ****atoos that frequent the gum trees another thing I don't normally do. it was great to see the area through someone elses eyes. Anyway Im off to Narooma this week have my hot pink fishing rod packed and ready for some fishing action. chezgo
dave06 said
02:56 PM Mar 30, 2009
we do it all the time, people travel hundreds of kilometres to see what we have in our back yard, you live in a beautifull part odf australia as do we all but we just dont see it or bother to go and have a look
talking about fishing, the dragon and I have been talking about trying "fly fishing" we are reasonably keen fisherfolk anyway but have never tried this "fly" caper, any tips???????
Rolly said
03:50 PM Mar 30, 2009
chezgo wrote:............. while my friends were taking pictures of the hundreds of ****atoos that frequent the gum trees ............
Surely, the web designers have made a ginormous ****-up with the censoring software. It's time to get away from these infantile antics and treat the vernacular language with the respect it deserves. Imagine trying to post certain passages from Shakespeare or Chaucer on this silly site.
Rolly said
03:56 PM Mar 30, 2009
Getting away from my perpetual ranting on the puerile "PC" pirates; I agree that the practice of becoming a 'tourist' in your own stamping grounds has considerable merit.
So many people are unable to give any kind of realistic advice to visitors to their home town/shire/state simply because they have never gone out to explore it.
Head to your local tourist bureau folks; you may find that you don't have to travel any great distance to experience new and interesting places.
dave06 said
03:58 PM Mar 30, 2009
doesnt matter, if you wish to write ****atoo then do it this way c.o.c.k.atoo
ask me anything about my backyard go on I dare ya!!!!
-- Edited by dave06 on Monday 30th of March 2009 02:59:17 PM
Rolly said
03:59 PM Mar 30, 2009
dave06 wrote:
doesnt matter, if you wish to write ****atoo then do it this way c.o.c.k.atoo
Agreed, but, should I have to??
Wombat 280 said
04:54 PM Mar 30, 2009
dave06 wrote:
we do it all the time, people travel hundreds of kilometres to see what we have in our back yard, you live in a beautifull part odf australia as do we all but we just dont see it or bother to go and have a look
talking about fishing, the dragon and I have been talking about trying "fly fishing" we are reasonably keen fisherfolk anyway but have never tried this "fly" caper, any tips???????
Good on ya, great sport . advice start cheap and work up, get someone to show you the finer art of casting and your in like flynn. It's arm action not wrist as it appears . A good site to explore is www.sportsfish.com.au/forum/Default.asp they have forum dedicated to fly fishing. The best part of fly rodding is making the flies, it looks difficult but really a snap for a GN's with time on their hands The best fly fishing is to fly in fly out rather that tramp in over hills and creek beds for hours to find a pool holding fish , getting to weak for that SH@@ now . Have Fun
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Monday 30th of March 2009 03:57:41 PM
Cruising Granny said
05:05 PM Mar 30, 2009
Can't help with flyfishing. It looks like a very artful past time, as well as making your own flies. Good luck with that.
I have always been a great believer in being an ambassador for your own backyard, whether it be your local district, the region, the state or the country.
Australians go overseas and say, "We've been to Europe and the Uk, and now we're going to travel around Australia."
This always seems a bit back to front to me. When somone in Europe asks what the Daintree Rainforest, or Kangaroo Island, or the Flinders Ranges are like, what can they tell them?
Or simply, "What's it like in Australia?"
Given that it's such a huge, diverse patch of dirt it's hard to be specific about a town, city or state, but in this case, a little bit of information is better than saying, "I couldn't tell ya. But we've been to London in the spring."
We all live in the "best place" in Australia, according to us, so tell someone about it. Be an ambassador. Isn't it better people learn about your country from you than from some visiting diplomat or politician?
See you on the next Sunday drive. Cheers Granny
dave06 said
05:14 PM Mar 30, 2009
granny i can proudly answer any of those queries and more I am proud to say, love australia and have no intention of travelling overseas, why would I when we have everything here and no chance of being shot, kidnapped or blown up, except maybe in sydley
Ah!!! fly fishing all in the arm they tell me, ten o,clock, two o,clock, stiff wrist and let the line out on the forward 2 o,clock part, seems a long time to wait though, four hours between the drawback and the let go, but I guess it's all patience
seen a bloke tie a fly with various thingys and great patience, took an inanimate object, threw it in the water and fooled a very smart fish, I thought " I could fool a fish, well maybe"
anyway had a look on ebay and they have everything there for the budding fishy person, so we will see
Cruising Granny said
05:39 PM Mar 30, 2009
At that rate Dave, you'd have to very patient to pursue fly fishing. Then that's what fishing is all about - pondering patiently, while the fish decide if they like your bait, if they want to be caught, or if they just want to hang out on the bottom. Meanwhile, you stand there flicking your fly (that could be funny to watch) in the water I mean.
Jeez you're a grubby minded lot.
Cheers Granny
DubDub said
05:41 PM Mar 30, 2009
Only tip I can give ya is "Don't fall asleep between 10 & two"or else ya line will fall to the ground,and that is not the objective.Hey Wombat,I'm sure Sh@@ is spelt with one @.Otherwise,it would sound like s.h.a.t a.t. Hee Hee!, sorry couldn't help myself.
I had a chance to go to NZ when I was 15 and asked my dad what he thought.His reply was "Its no good going somewhere if ya don't know where ya from to start with.Suffice to say,I traveled good old OZ for 30 yrs before settling down and finally visiting NZ,this time around it was with me lovely Kiwi missus,she showed me "Her,backyard".Couldn't agree with Cruising Granny any moore
Glenn.
dave06 said
06:35 PM Mar 30, 2009
I do a lot of that now granny, standing around flicking my fly, just got to learn a new tecnique
mike and Judy said
06:59 PM Mar 30, 2009
Want me to go all over that I written on Sapphire, most people come here and stay on the bitumen cause they have a motorhome and are scared to damage it,
Cant blame em as the cost is pretty high, and some of the tracks you dont take anything that has an average road clearance,
the average high ace ,or mercedes or coaster wont take these roads here,but if any Nomad comes give me a call
i have
Basil Faulty said
07:43 PM Mar 30, 2009
dave06 wrote:
I do a lot of that now granny, standing around flicking my fly, just got to learn a new tecnique
Yeah, thats all I do these days, flick my fly....
Basil Faulty said
07:54 PM Mar 30, 2009
I agree but it's very difficult to be an ambassadore/tour guide in Canberra, everyone tars us innocent citizens with the same brush as we all tar our lovable politicians with. Agreed our Chief Minister is a really nice rougue, generous to a T, always out and about ready to help the passers by with sugestions as to what to do etc in the National Capital, yeah he even fuels the pigs up and gets them ready to fly.......
It is easier now to see the real ACT as after the fires they did move all the boulders put across the fire trails though some scenic spots you now have to walk to because it's greener that way.
Of course the main interest in the ACT seems to be Pollie Spotting at the airport to see who arrives, who gets interviewed by Mark Riley and who leaves (and with whom) though the arrivals area can be interesting at times watching to see who races up to greet a Pollie after another taxpayer funded fact finding mission and to see who waits to see who rushes up before rushing up themselves. Canberra is a city of intrigue, almost as bad as Casablanca.....
Rolly said
11:37 PM Mar 30, 2009
Basil Faulty wrote:
dave06 wrote:
I do a lot of that now granny, standing around flicking my fly, just got to learn a new tecnique
Yeah, thats all I do these days, flick my fly....
It's benign, I hope.
The prostatitis, I mean.
Cruising Granny said
11:45 PM Mar 30, 2009
Canberra, mmmm, isn't that where they mow the roof of that really big monument to the over-paid, unrealistic, non-thinkers of this country?
I only went there to see the War Memorial and National Museum, both worthy of a lengthy visit.
I spent 2 months in NZ with my Maori ex partner in the mid 70's. That was in the days we didn't need a passport or visa to come and/or go. It's a beautiful country, and I regret not getting over to Chatham Islands which is my ex partner's home territory. We did the train from Auckland to Christchurch which was very interesting, and really rough on narrow guage.
As you all know I'm not finished with this country yet. I think I need to go down the middle next via Kakadu.
I'm not touching that fly issue again you blokes. It was fun tho'.
Cheers Granny
drongo & wendy said
08:09 AM Mar 31, 2009
G,Day CHERYL Gawd id lived and worked up here for a few years before an old uncle came to visit, first thing he wanted to do was go look arround, i scratched me bum and thought strewth i havent looked around hadnt even gone to Beachworth i think that view on the Bright /Towoga gap road is a view that would take beating and would u believe i havnt been to the Fez, i gotta get a life ay. a trip to Mt Buffalo is well worth the time u would need a few hours up there some magic views .
haha WENDY read your input and guess what what we are doing sunday lol
chezgo said
08:17 AM Mar 31, 2009
dave06 wrote:
we do it all the time, people travel hundreds of kilometres to see what we have in our back yard, you live in a beautifull part odf australia as do we all but we just dont see it or bother to go and have a look
talking about fishing, the dragon and I have been talking about trying "fly fishing" we are reasonably keen fisherfolk anyway but have never tried this "fly" caper, any tips???????
Good luck with the fly fishing Dave it looks too complicated for me. My hubby thinks Im nuts because I fish with lures instead of bait but it works so maybe the fish are not as smart as we think they are. would you eat a piece of rubber if it was put on your plate. And its true granny and dave we do have a great backyard. And Basil I did have plans of going to Morocco and Casablanca only because thats where the airport is until I got online to smart traveller and the whole watch out for the thieves, they dont like westerners and its a high risk for terrorism, no aussie embassy in the country put me off so I will never know if Casablanca is intriguing but my main objective was to go to Fez. then as I looked at other countries in the world and it was hard to find one without a travel warning so now I am content with doing my exploring in our backyard. chezgo
Smokeydk said
09:14 AM Mar 31, 2009
I've visited Canberra....gone to Queensland..but seem to spend most of my time in Victoria camping...well since I've had my campertrailer....last 2 years...I havent been to the Flinders Rangers yet......but they on my list....been to Yorke Pen...like the idea of free camping or places like Black C.o.c.k.atoo bush camp.....gotta be other places like that here in SA..now I have a 4x4... I'm not a keen fisherman..
Dave
dave06 said
10:14 AM Mar 31, 2009
well as you all know we have travelled extensively all throughout this fantastic land for better than 30 years and have not finished yet by a long shot, victoria is one of my favorite spots, keep going back (just in the final squirmings of booking a houseboat out of echuca for a week), love the central and highlands, still a lot more exploring in there for me, the blue mountains but a bit close to sydley for me but they are amazing
once the flinders gets hold of you then its a bit like the kimberleys, you will be "drawn" forever more back to their beauty and general "spirit of place" as well as having the feeling of "space and timelessness"
I love the desert country, gibb river road, kimberleys. top of the mighty cooper between tibooburra and longreach, Tassie will forever hold a special place in my "soul" it's part of me
the rainforests of cairns and the tip of cape york, the sunsets off broome, the stairway to heaven, the way the bungle bungles change colour as the day progresses, bird life in kakadu just after the wet, the red dust of the inland, the sandunes, big red, the untouched beauty of kangaroo island,
oh bugger it, I love all of aust. cant pick an extra special place, how can words express what the eyes cant explain, I love it, I'll take it all, wrap er up.
Cruising Granny said
03:57 PM Mar 31, 2009
Check out the Gawler Ranges north of Wudinna on upper Eyre Peninsula. Dry and harsh, but still the water trickles down the rock walls providing moisture for unique ferns growing in the crevices between the rocks, behind the Hiltaba homestead. Wombats abound as do other native creatures. The wildflowers are great at the right time of the year, if they've had rain. Some of the country behind the Dog Fence further west is also interesting in a harsh sort of way. Colonies of Wedge Tailed Eagles near a granite water hole, lichens instead of grass in some places, etc. etc. I think we'd have to crawl over this country on hands and knees to appreciate everything. Looking up, down and around is very rewarding, and saves on the knees. Good looking. Granny
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Tuesday 31st of March 2009 02:58:16 PM
Basil Faulty said
06:00 PM Mar 31, 2009
Rolly wrote:
Basil Faulty wrote:
dave06 wrote:
I do a lot of that now granny, standing around flicking my fly, just got to learn a new tecnique
Yeah, thats all I do these days, flick my fly....
It's benign, I hope.
The prostatitis, I mean.
Yeah and my new GP has put me on some new little blue pills to shrink it so that I don't have to go 27 times a night.
Basil Faulty said
06:05 PM Mar 31, 2009
Dave why would you want eat trout that you catch with a fly? It's like eating oily cotton wool with pins in it much like most freshwater fish I guess..... In the tropics you can catch Barramonday on flies...
dave06 said
06:38 PM Mar 31, 2009
yep i agree with you Basil, the fish itself, I dont find all that appetising but the thought of a power struggle between me and a big trout or salmon with very light gear I find very tempting, to be able to take a feather or a bit of fur, wind it around a hook and tempt the fish into taking it , all the while standing in the middle of a mountain stream somewhere in the Tassie highlands, well sort of has an appeal, man against beast I guess, primevil instinct ROARRRR!! er!! sorry bout that!! got a bit carried away there for a minute
these things grow to enormous lengths, 2 foot and better, imagine that on a 9lb fly line in the middle of nowhere in some beautifull wilderness, sun glinting off pristine water, birds singing, bugs bugging fantastic
I was the same before my first big Barra until I realised that the things are so stupid that they go for a bit of tinfoil, caught a biggy up in the kimberleys with a peice off a sunshine powdered milk tin inner lid wrapped around a hook, they grab it like theres no tomorrow, big yellowtails are the same they will bight anything that shines
thrill of the chase I suppose
much the same as with me and steam, I will chase the things anywhere, trains, paddlewheelers, tractors even stationary engines, I love them all, born out of my time I think
Basil Faulty said
07:20 AM Apr 1, 2009
dave06 wrote:
yep i agree with you Basil, the fish itself, I dont find all that appetising but the thought of a power struggle between me and a big trout or salmon with very light gear I find very tempting, to be able to take a feather or a bit of fur, wind it around a hook and tempt the fish into taking it , all the while standing in the middle of a mountain stream somewhere in the Tassie highlands, well sort of has an appeal, man against beast I guess, primevil instinct ROARRRR!! er!! sorry bout that!! got a bit carried away there for a minute
Oh yeah what a romantic picture you paint Dave........ Up to your private parts in water just kept from freezing by the current, snow drifting lazily down on the gentle southerly bilzzard.....Tripping over in your waders getting back to the firm standing, calling for an urgent Chopper evacuation ( on your sat phone) due to hypothermia with your last breath, sure sound like a boys own adventure to me mate. & You had the nerve to knock me wanting to straff the nudists on Fraser Island in an Ultralight.....
So I'm thinking maybe I could include you on my solo attempt on the west face of the Eiger in July?
dave06 said
10:26 AM Apr 1, 2009
oh!! bloody hell Basil you sure know how to kill a mans daydream, I was sitting here in my office leaning back on the chair thinking about the relaxation and oh! the serenity, smell the serenity, when along comes bloody Basil and his uncommon sense and knocks my "daydreamin chair out from under me, THANKS MATE, I'll just return to "normallity" shall I, how the hell I get through the rest of today now I dont know......., freezing private parts indeed!! Hmmmmphhhhhh!!!
chezgo said
11:59 AM Apr 1, 2009
drongo & wendy wrote:
G,Day CHERYL Gawd id lived and worked up here for a few years before an old uncle came to visit, first thing he wanted to do was go look arround, i scratched me bum and thought strewth i havent looked around hadnt even gone to Beachworth i think that view on the Bright /Towoga gap road is a view that would take beating and would u believe i havnt been to the Fez, i gotta get a life ay. a trip to Mt Buffalo is well worth the time u would need a few hours up there some magic views .
haha WENDY read your input and guess what what we are doing sunday lol
Enjoy your day David and Wendy! And the Fez cafe has the longest list of types of teas ive seen in a cafe and some very unusual but nice beer.
It's time to get away from these infantile antics and treat the vernacular language with the respect it deserves.
Imagine trying to post certain passages from Shakespeare or Chaucer on this silly site.
So many people are unable to give any kind of realistic advice to visitors to their home town/shire/state simply because they have never gone out to explore it.
Head to your local tourist bureau folks; you may find that you don't have to travel any great distance to experience new and interesting places.
ask me anything about my backyard go on I dare ya!!!!
-- Edited by dave06 on Monday 30th of March 2009 02:59:17 PM
www.sportsfish.com.au/forum/Default.asp they have forum dedicated to fly fishing. The best part of fly rodding is making the flies, it looks difficult but really a snap for a GN's with time on their hands
The best fly fishing is to fly in fly out rather that tramp in over hills and creek beds for hours to find a pool holding fish , getting to weak for that SH@@ now . Have Fun
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Monday 30th of March 2009 03:57:41 PM
Yeah, thats all I do these days, flick my fly....
I agree but it's very difficult to be an ambassadore/tour guide in Canberra, everyone tars us innocent citizens with the same brush as we all tar our lovable politicians with. Agreed our Chief Minister is a really nice rougue, generous to a T, always out and about ready to help the passers by with sugestions as to what to do etc in the National Capital, yeah he even fuels the pigs up and gets them ready to fly.......
It is easier now to see the real ACT as after the fires they did move all the boulders put across the fire trails though some scenic spots you now have to walk to because it's greener that way.
Of course the main interest in the ACT seems to be Pollie Spotting at the airport to see who arrives, who gets interviewed by Mark Riley and who leaves (and with whom) though the arrivals area can be interesting at times watching to see who races up to greet a Pollie after another taxpayer funded fact finding mission and to see who waits to see who rushes up before rushing up themselves. Canberra is a city of intrigue, almost as bad as Casablanca.....
The prostatitis, I mean.
G,Day CHERYL
Gawd id lived and worked up here for a few years before an old uncle came to visit, first thing he wanted to do was go look arround, i scratched me bum and thought strewth i havent looked around hadnt even gone to Beachworth i think that view on the Bright /Towoga gap road is a view that would take beating and would u believe i havnt been to the Fez, i gotta get a life ay. a trip to Mt Buffalo is well worth the time u would need a few hours up there some magic views .
haha WENDY read your input and guess what what we are doing sunday lol
I've visited Canberra....gone to Queensland..but seem to spend most of my time in Victoria camping...well since I've had my campertrailer....last 2 years...I havent been to the Flinders Rangers yet......but they on my list....been to Yorke Pen...like the idea of free camping or places like Black C.o.c.k.atoo bush camp.....gotta be other places like that here in SA..now I have a 4x4...
I'm not a keen fisherman..
Dave
Dry and harsh, but still the water trickles down the rock walls providing moisture for unique ferns growing in the crevices between the rocks, behind the Hiltaba homestead.
Wombats abound as do other native creatures. The wildflowers are great at the right time of the year, if they've had rain.
Some of the country behind the Dog Fence further west is also interesting in a harsh sort of way. Colonies of Wedge Tailed Eagles near a granite water hole, lichens instead of grass in some places, etc. etc.
I think we'd have to crawl over this country on hands and knees to appreciate everything. Looking up, down and around is very rewarding, and saves on the knees.
Good looking. Granny
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Tuesday 31st of March 2009 02:58:16 PM
In the tropics you can catch Barramonday on flies...
& You had the nerve to knock me wanting to straff the nudists on Fraser Island in an Ultralight.....
So I'm thinking maybe I could include you on my solo attempt on the west face of the Eiger in July?