Go Fishing -- Remember the Crocodiles

This is an easy one. Pack up some sleeping gear, some beer, some fishing tackle and bait. Then head off somewhere far enough away from work that they either can't contact you, or it's too far to go back to work. If you don't work, doing this is even easier.



This is Corbett's Landing, located near Byfield on the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. It's not far from the Byfield State Forest (you pass through Pine forest to get there). Here's a map to help you if you're thinking of having a look:


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Now, if you're going to fish from a place like this, you need to take enough time to fish two tides, hence the need for the sleeping gear etc. Also, you have to watch out for crocs...saltwater crocs.
They have big teeth and eat people and dogs.

Now, looking at the above photo, you'd think, "no crocodile could climb that landing wharf!"
Well, no, not normally. Except for high tides...and abnormally high tides like this one:







We weren't expecting such a big tide, but should have realised that it was a new moon and we get big tides around these parts of Queensland. Six metre tides aren't unusual.

Anyway, here's a couple of photos of the camp oven and billy, and the campsite partly pulled down. Just bloody crocodile food waiting to be digested:







For more information about Byfield, Corbett's Landing and the area, check these links. There's not much info about. This place is supposed to be a secret:

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/byfield_national_park_and_conservation_park/

http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:0k8hjj9uGD4J:www.sunfishqld.com.au/pdf/maps08/Map_64.pdf+Corbetts+Landing&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au