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Princetown

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:31 pm
by Nude up
I worked my last day last Friday after 33 years 7 months 7 days with qantas I took voluntary redundancy and to celebrate I went camping. We go every year for 6 days staying at the princetown recreation reserve they allow camp fires. About 16 guys from work rolled up some for the whole time for a couple of days.
We did a bit of four wheel driving fishing and general sight seeing interspaced with beer and red wine. We had a session at the princetown beach its not the best beach in the world but you can still catch a few salmon..
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One day I went to the port Campbell pier by myself the guys came later for lunch in the pub. There had been a few squid caught I had been told luckily the only small rod I had brought had a squid jig still attached I flogged the water white for about an hour for nothing then I felt something hit my lure 2 seconds later it was on peeling line off I had to tighten the drag. I was on the upper part of the pier of course no net no gaff my only option was to work my way towards the lower landing a young lad handed my rod down to me i leant over and grabbed it by the neck what a ripper tasted great on the barbie later
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Re: Princetown

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:35 pm
by ben475
that's a fair stint, hope you got a decent pay out. would have been good to get away camping and fishing.

Re: Princetown

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:04 am
by DougieK
That's a stunning bit of the world. Congrats on the retirement.

I got a crazy spot just there if you have a rope and want to feel alive ;)

Re: Princetown

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:33 am
by Lightningx
Sounds like a fun trip!
Nice squid 😃
Congrats on the retirement mate. Enjoy!
Cheers 👍🏻

Re: Princetown

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:37 am
by Andrews
Enjoy the time off Nude Up!

Beautiful squid, loving the jig colour too! Matches the concrete haha!

Re: Princetown

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:05 pm
by happyfriggincamper
Congrats on the end of the era - many fishing sessions at your leisure and location of choice to come in the future!

Re: Princetown

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:02 pm
by Nude up
DougieK wrote:
Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:04 am
That's a stunning bit of the world. Congrats on the retirement.

I got a crazy spot just there if you have a rope and want to feel alive ;)
Lol dougie i can hardly walk on the sand let alone absail down a cliff.

Re: Princetown

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:35 am
by GusG
Good on mate, on the getaway and more important retirement! More camping trips coming your way I'm guessing.

Re: Princetown

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:31 pm
by Texas
Sounds like a fun trip, with 16 blokes going.
Enjoy your retirement, but, if you get bored, there's a B24 liberator you can play with in Werribee. May be a tad before your time but, a planes a plane, aren't they ??
Cheers Gra