Gismo Queen and her King

Coffee in bed and then because it is Saturday, home made bagels with smoked salmon for breakfast. I left Greg reading in bed with a second cup of tea while the salmon inspired me to try some fishing. I have never had much luck fishing and I was certainly rusty when I started this morning. I was having all sorts of trouble hooking my line in the tree while trying to cast, getting caught in the mangrove while trying to reel it in, but eventually I got into a rhythm and convinced myself the next cast would catch a lovely bream or flathead. Jude even made me a coffee while I was trying hard.

It got to twelve o'clock and unsurprisingly, I hadn't caught anything more than a stick so I got changed and we headed out for lunch. The rain was starting again so we headed to Yamba on the coast, and ended up at the Pacific Hotel, which had magnificient views of the ocean and a pretty good menu.

I enjoyed my fish for lunch - even if I hadn't caught it myself! Greg had the same and Neil and I even shared some oysters for entree. After lunch, we completed our tour of Yamba, headed back to Maclean to check out Neill's brother's house and the rest of Maclean before it was time to come back to camp and light the fire. I tried a bit more fishing - still unsuccessfully - before the sun set and it was time to sit in front of the fire for warmth. Although we're not too hungry, we continued the fish theme with a yummy salmon dinner cooked by Jude and emjoyed the warmth of our good campfire.