Marlin!

Last Wednesday I went fishing with the guys from work. Being in aquaculture has its perks! I had to wear a special belt-thingy (it has a specific name) that you put the end of your fishing pole into so it doesn't poke your belly. My arms were quite tired after reeling it in!

We didn't catch the broodstock we were after, but we did each catch a marlin. You can see its' fin to the right of my fishing rod.

It unhooked itself when it came near the boat, so a good outcome- we didn't have to unhook it and release it ourselves. I think it was a decent sized one, maybe 3-4 feet long.

Yay!

Sunsets

Exmouth sunsets are amazing!



The sun set behind these zig-zag clouds.



Often the horizon to the east while the sun sets in the west is spectacular. The moon is rising in this photo.




These two photos were taken while Tim and Trudy were visiting Exmouth, from 'Lighthouse Hill' north of town.

The One That Got Away

Little crab, that shell looks better on you than it would in my shell collection.

To Perth and Back

Last weekend we made our first trip back to Perth since we moved to Exmouth. We left late Wednesday night, after Dave finished work, and drove until about midnight. We slept in swags (I borrowed one) south of Billabong Roadhouse. We made it to Armadale in the early afternoon, and saw Dave's mum, then did as much shopping as we could. I drove to Carousel to catch up with Trudy and go bridesmaid dress shopping with Lisa and Naomi. It seems green isn't in this season, or the next...

Friday was shopping all day- a filing cabinet, shoes, clothes, work boots for Dave, a swag for me...

Saturday morning was Tim and Trudy's engagement party- a somewhat chilly morning, but beautiful- heaps of people. We caught up with Dave's grandma for lunch, then with Dave's previous Uni supervisor. That night we had a mother's day dinner with Evelyn and Ian, and with Linda and Dave. Linda and Dave are expecting their first baby in October!

Armadale Congregational Church was first thing Sunday morning, then we packed the car and went to have lunch with Sheno & Kat, then did a bit more shopping (Bunnings!), and caught up with our old house church crew to hear Jarrod McKenna speak at Riverview. After dinner we drove to a campsite north of Eneabba, and drove the remainder on Monday.

Coming back to the caravan at the farm felt like home. It was great to catch up with everyone but we've gotten used to the quiet life here in Exmouth! A traffic jam is more than one emu in the road, sunrise over the beach and sunset over the ranges... I didn't think of how much this was home until we left and came back to it.

Caravan

These two photos are of the inside of the caravan. The bedroom is on one end, the sitting area is in the middle, and the kitchen on the other end. The caravan is pop-top, which means when we're towing it we pull down the top of it so it is a bit more compact.

This is the annex. It has heavy fabric sides, like a thick tent or tarp. It is our storage area/ dining room/ living room.

It will be home for a while longer!