I am at home without leave, while young Miss Zoe is reclining in not-so-sunny Townsville. I assume she’s reclining, prostrated by an opressive combination of heat and humidity. Meanwhile, I’ve been in steamy Old Sydney Town (where automobile drivers chat on their mobile telephonic devices while those on velocipedes are strew hither and thither) formulating [...]
Severe flooding in Northern NSW has caused large fish kills throughout the region, caused by an influx of freshwater into the estuarine areas and low oxygen levels due to a break down of organic matter in the water. There were, “Lots of flathead, bream, eels, prawns, mullet, stingrays, we saw dead sharks, any fish you [...]
There’s been considerable rain in Western NSW over the last few months, including in and around the Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve. I headed out last weekend to check out the effect on fish. The trip turned out to be a bit of a waste of time because, on account of the rain, driving more than [...]
Over the weekend, Duncan and I headed north - with the aim of putting him onto his first trout.