My Hol's (Dial-up Beware) Part I

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My Hol's (Dial-up Beware) Part I

Postby JordanP on Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:13 am

My wife and I were holidaying up on the Whitsunday coast a few weeks ago and I have just had time to get to the pics - we had planned to sea kayak for 4 days but winds of 25 knotts detered us, so we chartered a cruiser instead. Wow, what a great experience!! Then a couple of relaxing days on an island resort before heading off to Sydney for the Caves meet.

This may tempt you into taking a holiday or just quiting work all together .....

The Cruiser
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The first days fishing haul.... anyone know what it is?
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The first sensational evening on the cruiser
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The one that got away
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We had three of these (think they were Giant Trevally) feeding around our boat one night for over 2 hours - Very Big fish!!

The reef, the island & of course the mandatory Gull !!
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As this is probably getting too big, so I will start another thred for Part II - only 4 more image I want to share..............

All critiques/comments welcome :D

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Postby dooda on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:12 am

Great pics. I love the seagull. In the other thread I also really like the one of the wife relaxing. Tells a nice story. Great sunset, I don't think I've ever seen such a wonderfully rich deep blue.
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Postby KerryPierce on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:26 am

Interesting pics, Jordan. The sunset is terrific! :)
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Postby mudder on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:51 am

Ahhh Jordan, you're teasing us :) Looks like a wonderful time...

#1 Says it all... Behold the environment...
#2 No idea what the heck that is! Assume some form of sea slug?
#3 Wow, an amazing, relaxing scene, all the more enjoyable on a cruiser
#4 There's a few lunches in that one!!!
#5 Where's the chip?

That would have been a magic holiday...

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Postby JordanP on Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:09 pm

Thanks for the replies everyone. It was truley a great holiday to remember.

Mudder, yes I think it was a hairy sea slug of some sort. Interestingly, when I caught it it had the entire hook including the eye in its belly. As I went to get the camera and a few shots it proceeded to regurgitate the hook until it had expelled it entirely... minus the prawn - pretty efficient.

As for the Gull - no chips 'cause we didn't have any on the boat. :) A little bit of bread kept them hanging around for a few shots though.

Kerry, Thanks for the compliment. Your sunsets look sensational so a 'terrific' from you is an honour - cheers.

Dooda, Thanks for the feed back, I was hoping to tell a little story.
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Postby Glen on Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:14 pm

Craig, great shot of the gull :wink:
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Postby JordanP on Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:17 pm

Glen wrote:Craig, great shot of the gull :wink:


That was just for you Glen :D
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Postby stormygirl on Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:41 pm

Looks like you had a wonderful holiday! The first one reminds me of the Titanic......King of the world!!!

Love the seagul, and the sunset. I have no idea what the 2nd one is, and I hope I never find anything like it :shock: !!

(I'm going off to look at part II)
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:16 pm

Thanks for sharing your great photos from your holidays. The seagull photo is excellent but it's lacking a bit of oomph in terms of colours...then again it's a seagull ;)

You can't go wrong with sunset photos :D
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Postby Neeper on Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:56 pm

I love the first pic. Says it all right there.
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Postby dhess on Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:59 pm

The second picture is some kind of bristle worm. Possibly a fireworm.

Mostle bristle worms have fiber glass like spines that are coated with venom. If you touch them they break off in your skin causing a burning pain for up to several days. The only effective way of removing the spines is with sticky tape.

I have thousands of closely related bristle worms in my reef aquarium. They are excellent as a cleanup crew.
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Re: My Hol's (Dial-up Beware) Part I

Postby xerubus on Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:16 pm

JordanP wrote:The Cruiser


wonderful... very envious :)

JordanP wrote:The first days fishing haul.... anyone know what it is?


as dhess said... it's a bristle worm.. and depending on which one it could be nasty... not sure if it's a fireworm as they are usually longer with more segmented bodies...

JordanP wrote:The first sensational evening on the cruiser


beautiful!!!!

JordanP wrote:The one that got away


it's a GT... very great fighters and prove your worth as a fisherperson.

JordanP wrote:The reef, the island & of course the mandatory Gull !!


beautiful shot.. reminds me a little of an old stradbroke cigarette advert... :)

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