G'day All,
After a few weex of maintenance we are finally ready to head out wide to the famous Rowley Shoals just a small hop of 170 nm with ocean depths as deep as 5 kilometers but the fishing and diving iz supposed to be the best in the Australian waters. It'll take a pretty special place to beat the ribbon reefs on the gr8 barrier but only thyme will tell.
Big Ash iz due this arvo for a 2 week trip to these legendary coral atoll's we will be joined by Jemma a backpacker who iz in Broome to paint a huge mural for the local camp school. Jemma has been trying to get to the Rowleys for a few years but the charter boats up here charge more than $1000 per day which for most of us iz cost prohibitive.
I know both Ash and myself are really looking forward to tackling some of the monster fish which inhabit these pristine coral reefs. Especially the dog tooth tuna which neither of us have caught B4.
The yot has been filled with fuel,food and water in preparation (wkoa) for this very special trip hopefully this will be the first of many trips out wide. Ash haz worked on a dive charter boat called the Willie which ran charters out to these remote areas, so he knows the best dive locations and roughly where to go to catch some of the massive fish we've been told inhabit the area.
As usual in WA there are lotz of rules and regz regarding the area, we have the guide pamphlets and rules aboard so with any sort of luck we won't fall foul of the Park and Wildlife officers. We are the first boat of the season to visit the atolls and the officers want us to visit all their moorings and give them an update as to the status of the moorings.
