Catching the bait

Within an hour of arriving on the island, CJ returned on his boat and very kindly showed us how to use a bait catching net to .... catch our own bait. The pictures should be self-explanatory.
The main catch tended to be sprats aka yellow eyed mullet. these are considered poor bait so we did throw most of them back. I caught the biggest snapper using the top half of one, but it was not that big. The target was a fish with a long bill called piper. In one sweep of the net we caught 37 piper - well worth the effort.

 

 

 

 

Moturoa Holiday

 

 

 

 

Irrigation

 

 

Kumara etc

 

 

 

 

Tomatoes

 

 

 

Orchards and gardens

 

 

 

 

Top garden

 

 

 

 

Gardens and sheds

 

 

 

 

Summer Sunsets

 

 

 

 

New Years Eve

Welcome to 2011 and our the start of our 7th year in NZ.
We saw in the New Year with a little partee.
Not many made it through to midnight but those that did saw fireworks and enjoyed toasted marshmallows.

A couple of days later Eric, gdad and I went for a trot up to the Tv mast above Bellingham quarry. It was further than I remembered up the hill. we were rewarded with a view over Kataia and over to Rangiputa. It was cloudy from about Waiharara north so Mount Camel was shrouded in cloud.

 

 

 

 

Hold up a thousand tonnne basalt block at Wairere Boulders