Management and I have just arrived back home after 6 days at Boondooma. Really enjoyed the place, very peaceful down by the lake where we camped. There are good amenities and powered sites up the hill, but we liked camping by the water. $16 per night for two. Fires and pets allowed. Potable water 20 metres away. Fishing was ordinary, caught a couple of dew, (catfish) for breakfast, but the highlight was catching 603 redclaw. Some people caught over a thousand. Before anyone jumps on us and says thats excessive, Boondooma is outside the redclaw natural range and they are a pest. You are not allowed to return any to the water, even small ones. Would recommend this place to anyone who likes a bit of luxury, (hot showers), but in a lovely lakeside bush setting. We had some of the redclaw a'la garlic prawns - beautiful...
Brilliant!did you save some for me?I am rained in here at the moment, and as I have a sister at Proston, on the road in, I might come down and have a gander.Is it raining down there?
Its poring here, 200mm a day , and more to come. Should have stayed away for another month at least.Came back to check the house and boat . No real damage. There is nothing happening here, except the rain, so if we get a respite, I will load up again, and hit the road. Easter isn,t til 25th april, same day as Anzac day, so I suppose I should come backWeek or so before then.I,m growing moldy here.Would like some redclaw.
I was thinking of coming south to get out of the rain- bad thing , one shouldn,t think too much.Its raining all the way down andthe road will probalbly be cut ay Marlborough, and all the usual places. Bugga! It stopped here, but is still raining north and south of Townsville.Think SUN-SUN SUN. Wouldn,t mind a feed of red claw, though.
I'm just north of Marlborough at the moment [Sunday] Bill, and the roads down this way are fine so far. Haven't had nearly as much rain as I thought we were supposed to get. [Not yet anyway.]
Marj is right, the road was cut in 2 places further north a couple of days ago.
There is water over the road Nth of Giru, and sth of Proserpine. Will check RACQ road conditionstommorow. You would not believe it , but the sun came out today. Someone must be listening.......
There is water over the road Nth of Giru, and sth of Proserpine. Will check RACQ road conditionstommorow. You would not believe it , but the sun came out today. Someone must be listening.......
Bill, you have been moaning so loud that even God must have head you and turned off the sprinkler for a little while lol Had 50 mils here at home when we were at Boondooma, only a few sprinkles here since then. We have done a pretty good job of dodging the rain here....
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If there is such a thing as a tourist season.... why cant we shoot them?
Could you move the rain here down your way, please. This is the first day of sun in 3 weeks, and the bloody met bureau says more coming wednesday.You were at Joh,s place- can you slip him a brown paper bag full of money, and get him to change the weather a bit?Don,t you worry about that. I,m off to feed the chooks.........
Asked my son today if there has been any rain up there, in Biggenden. His answer was Bugger all!!
Got my Qld map out to work out where Boondooma Dam was. Its not on the map, can't find it. Which road out is it on and what would be the nearest town??
You might say that I have been wingiing about the rain , but we have had 762mm since the start of the month(nearly 32 inches!) and more to come. Two vehicles fell down potholes just around the corner from my place, one a 4wd, and I had to tow them out. I have a picture of a man up to his waist in a pothole in the middle of the road!The council can,t do anything until it stops, and only god knows when that will be.I will try to post some pics.
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You might say that I have been wingiing about the rain , but we have had 762mm since the start of the month(nearly 32 inches!) and more to come. Two vehicles fell down potholes just around the corner from my place, one a 4wd, and I had to tow them out. I have a picture of a man up to his waist in a pothole in the middle of the road!The council can,t do anything until it stops, and only god knows when that will be.I will try to post some pics.
would be interested in seeing some pics bill.... 32 inches thats a lot of rain...
-- Edited by bill12 on Wednesday 16th of March 2011 08:44:53 AM
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Just a side isuue. We have had 96 inches of rain in Horseshoe baY , where I live since xmas.This makes it one of the wettest years on record for my area.Ridiculous, isn,t it!
sounds like tha place to be... even if only for the redclaw.... ummmm. so how did you catch them?
You catch them in "opera house nets" $5 each at K mart. Four allowed per person. drop in about 15 ft of water under a float, or hurl them off the bank preferably in a rocky area. Bait is just about any vegetable, cooked spuds and pumpkin, dog food pellets... It was our first redclaw trip but we do have a boat. There were people doing it in kayaks also
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