Travelling anglers are afflicted by a state of mind that looks at road maps and sees only watercourses. These anglers prefer to spend more time on, or by, water than on the road. Every year southern anglers make the trek north to fish the tropical Top End, where most spend long periods fishing the same […]
Ceduna to Yalata
South Australia is Australia’s best-kept fishing secret Nowhere on this vast continent offers the consistent quality and quantity of temperate Australian species. If it’s big King George whiting you seek, then Kangaroo Island and Marion Bay at the foot of the Yorke Peninsula, offer consistent catches of 60cm plus fish. In Spencer Gulf, ports like […]
West Coast Haven
If fishing spots were shares, Exmouth on the North West Cape in Western Australia would be classed a blue chip investment. Like a good hamburger, it comes with the lot, and this is despite hosting one of Australia’s most extensive Marine Parks, Ningaloo Reef. Over the past decade or so, Exmouth has become established as […]
Freedom on the Murray
Looking across the Murray River from Curlwaa, six kilometres upstream of Wentworth, the riverbank is lined with campers. It was Easter, and these were free campers. There are many similar stretches of free camping available along the Murray: places where people can pitch a tent or park a van without paying, or signing a visitor’s […]
Never, Never Say Never
The big advertising campaign for the Northern Territory used to be: “You’ll Never, Never know if you Never, Never go.” Sounds silly, but it is right. When I was at school the Territory was always associated with the “Never, Never Land.” It was a reference from aboriginal folklore; like the Dreamtime. However, “Never, Never” doesn’t […]