Week 7 - The Great White

The trip this week:

Lymington - Dover - Southport - Cockle Creek - South Cape -  Lake King William

An overview:

• The Big Catch
• Burnsey's naturist dream
• A surfer's paradise

So we are at the end of week 7 and we now consider ourselves to be accomplished fisherman. I do however get the feeling that catching fish in Tasmania is about as easy as getting a suntan in Queensland and we may be as likely to catch fish upon our return to Victoria as we are to get a suntan there.

That aside, this week marked a momentous occasion as Burnsey laid down his life for the big one.... The Great White. Whilst paddling off the shores of cockle beach on the southern most cape of Tasmania trawling for our tea, Burnsey got a snag. Or so he thought. In a moment he realised he was hooked and that this was no ordinary fish. Oh no. As he tried to reel it in, his boat rocked and swayed threatening to tip him out and right into the jaws of the monster. 'I've got something huge here' he wailed. 'This is crazy, it must be a shark!'. The beast thrashed in the water whilst Burnsey used everything he had to stay afloat and keep the catch, his biceps bulging under the strain of it all.

As he got it nearer the surface and braced himself in order to launch it into boat, he caught sight of his vicious foe.... The Great White.... Squid! Now don't be so quick to judge. This thing was massive. Biggest squid ever, I'd say. That blighter fed us for three meals! Bloody beauty.

The rest is really quite short and sweet. Whilst doing yoga (yes you heard it correctly) on our own private little beach in Catamaran Bay, Burnsey made a somewhat disturbing remark (strange enough I know that we are both doing yoga like a couple of hippies). Given the glorious weather, Burnsey had decided to partly derobe and complete his chakras shirtless. Halfway through he suddenly asked 'do you think we could do this completely nude?'... I didn't know what to say. 'I'm sure you could' I offered cautiously... 'Why?'.... 'Eh' was his returned. 'Just wondering'. And now it is me that is left wondering. Oh Burnsey. 

The last on the list was the spectacular South Cape. What a place. The surf was awesome and there were a number of surfers out there enjoying the breaks. We walked past a couple on the 15.5km round trip in and they were just carrying their boards in... barefoot. Awesome. We thought of you Hammo. Well worth the trip if you're ever down this way.

Well that's it for this week! Only a few more days here in Tassie and then it's back to the mainland. See you next week and enjoy the video.

Matt and Kelly x