Weekend Away...hanging & fishing, Australia

The trout season opened 6 hours south of my home this weekend, needing some major time management skills & family promises to get my trouty fix...:rolleyes:

Caught the tail end of a blustery cold front blowing freezing winds & horizontal rain showers.
Setting up camp with watering eyes blurring my vision, numb lifeless fingers trying to thread rap rings & a slow brain took 3 times longer than normal.
Tested a recently purchased HH tarp, simular size to the std issue, just with more tie downs points which was what i wanted...& came in real handy.:lol:
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Fish were hungry.......
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Time out to feed my hunger.....
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Sluggish inhabitant...
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Start of the long road trip back home....
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Good to get away from the hussle & bustle....
With only a small price to pay...hopefully.;)

ofuros

Great photos, where were you?

Looks like a wonderful place!
sounds like a good weekend -- except for the numb fingers & blurry vision

thank you for sharing :)

uneekwahn,
waaaay south of the Queensland border, New England district....town of EBOR, northern NSW.

Thanks ShadowAlpha,
Hammocking, chasing trout...its like a mutating virus.
Just one you don't mind catching...:)

Appears to me this Hanging/ Fishing thing is a world-wide epidemic. Looks like you had a great getaway. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Slowanderer,
Could have stayed a whole lot longer & wanted too....
**** the house morgage. ;)

Looks awfully pretty. Sorry to hear about the cold and your issues with it, but it still beats a day at work. And I sure hear you on the bills!

I need to make my way down there some time; I've got a friend in Sydney that I've not seen in a decade.

What did you wind up making for lunch in that photo there? It looks good!

Very nice pictures of the wildlife! That looks like a great trout stream!

Very nice guy, tnx for sharing. Always love to see troup pics. ( )

I think we need a "fishing" Smiley.

Thanks Flrider,
Had been regularly checking the weather reports before hand... just didn't sink in HOW cold the wind chill was going to be, went straight through me. Brrrrr.
Tooo long lazing in the sub tropics does things to the mind, forgotten what real weather was like !
Food was freeze dried Miso & Tufo soup, lightweight & supprisingly tasty.
Water scooped straight from the stream. Also have some scroggin (a mixture of dried fruit, nuts, seeds etc)within reach in my side pockets, so I dont have to take off my pack all the time. The heavier stuff was back at camp.

Thanks MAD777,
Combining hammocking, wilderness camping & fishing....has got to be a winner in my book & catching fish were the icing on the cake !

Glad you liked them Easyriver,
I'm sure they'll be more posts before the new season ends.....can almost
guarantee it.

I like the fishing smiley idea....

Gotta love the double indulgence.. Fishing and hammocks!!! Great pics. Thanks for sharing

The pleasures all mine Lepmeister...cheers.

The weather is going to get warmer for you so don't call in all of your favors too soon.

Great getaway and pictures thanks for sharing.

looks like a great weekend!

Great report. Really liked it.

Thanks Veto 65, carolinasbackpacker & BlazeAway.
Glad your enjoyed a few pics from the Great Southern Land......

Thanks for the report and sweet pics ofuros, looks like a well deserved and relaxing time out.

Sure has been a chilly cold front that we're getting and to think how warm it was a week or so ago, I thought summer was almost here, wrong! Must have been a real shock for ya coming from SE QLD(?) as I know how cold it gets down at Ebor, spent two weeks down there, at Dorrigo & surrounds and day trips out to Ebor Falls, in winter last year, had a few of days with a maximum of 7°C... and I'm used to the coastal subtropics, really makes you appreciate it!

I know how much pressure even a small trip can take off when you're tied to a mortgage too, I got a pass for a long weekend the week after next and I can't wait...

Thanks phan tom,

They say your blood thins the more time you spend warm climate....
not sure if that true or not.....maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age !
Felt like a Antarctic blast to me.

Enjoy your weekend away.

Always proud to see you tall poppies post on the Yank website mates....

Glad you're here. - keep it coming!

G'day Wise Old Owl,
If we grow too tall there's always someone willing to cut us down....
glad you enjoyed the post.
Cheers mate.

Great report and pics ofuros; thanks for posting! Nice brownies, too! Australia doesn't get nearly the same amount of angling press as your Kiwi neighbors. Sure would love to make it down there someday to hang and chuck bugs at some wily southern hemisphere trout.

Nice Trip report mate, fishing and hanging, like it.
I have been in Ebor about two month ago, and visited all the waterfalls along the way to Armidale where all our Fire Brigade training is done. I had snow in Armadal and had to scratch windows in the morning. Coldest I had since I left Europe!

Thanks Flangler,
Shhhh...Thats the way we like it. I'm sure you'll find time to make it down under one day, there will always be a trout here with your name on it...

Cheers Holger,
It can be a wild & windy area if a icy cold front blasts through.
I love it.There's lots of National Parks & state forests to explore, get lost in & camp in.