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Camping gear consisted of table; tarps; poles; pegs; ropes; tents; mattresses (in- flatables only); clothes; sleeping bags and blankets. The fishing gear comprised of rods; tackle; spearguns; wetsuits; fins; masks and weight belts. We took food, hand tools and safety gear, and the list went on.
Small wonder that once launched in Seventeen Seventy’s Round Hill Creek we resembled a boatload of asylum seekers. It was practically standing-room only, with fold-up chairs strapped to Esky tops and life jackets – evicted from their usual stor-
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The author speared a queenfish of about 12kg.
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sole and powered by an Evinrude E-TEC 115hp outboard. Apart from regular day trips, we make at least one annual week- long trip away, usually to North Stradbroke Island but in April 2018 we headed for Bustard Head.
A trip to Bustard Head equals boat camp- ing only, no roads, no amenities, no fresh water – no nothing, just plain wilderness. To say the packing was a work of art would have been an understatement – every cubic inch was utilised to the utmost.
Fluids and containers included three Esk- ies; one gas fridge and freezer; six 20-litre drums of drinking water; 40 litres of ice frozen in plastic milk bottles; a 10kg block of dry ice; two 20-litre drums of spare fuel; five cartons of beer; wine casks; bottles of rum and brandy.
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