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CAMPING AMPING
The campaign focused on white spot disease and not using super- market prawns as bait. White spot disease is a highly contagious viral condition that affects crustaceans such as prawns, crabs, yabbies and lobsters, and can also be carried by marine worms.
As a camping enthusiast himself, he was planning to get out to the bush as soon as possible. “There’s nothing better than camping for mental health,” he said.
Camping boom begins
The industry was preparing for a new wave of anglers, and Karum- ba fishing charter operator Alison Newton said she was hoping to see a lot of north-west people travel to the region to make up for the lack of
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PWrepare for camping and fishing boom
ITH outdoor activities John Davies, who specialised in usual tourists from southern states. limited due to COV- camping and fishing gear, said the “We’ve had this business since ID-19, plenty of peo- announcement that camping was 2005,” Ms Newton said. “It’s quiet.
ple in Queensland’s north-west are now allowed has pushed sales back It reminds me that during the wet
picking up fishing rods for the first time in a long time. The Queens- land government launched a new advertising campaign about the dos and don’ts for recreational fishers as many in the region prepared tents and swags for trips away.
up. He said sales had started to rise and he expected that would continue as more people prepared for camp- ing holidays instead of their usual trips overseas or to the coast.
season we make jokes about how you could fire a cannon down the main street and not hit anyone ... yeah, it’s basically like the wet sea- son.”
Karumba ready for fishers
One of three Net Free Zones in Queensland Plenty of bucket-list fish species
Improved catch rates and lengths
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