The results of the over consumption of red wine might be another matter.
Travel Diary
Down By The River – Chapter 8 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 4
Should have thought more about baiting the trap with bread – marvellous what clarity several glasses of red wine will do to fortify a plan.
Down By The River – Chapter 9 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 5
Today was not going to be a pleasant glide on the glassy Murray like the days before. Today was going to be a day inside watching as Mother Nature unleashed.
Down By The River – Chapter 10 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 6
But as much as I missed those days, I knew that I was making new memories that were just as special. I was building my own traditions and creating my own moments to cherish
Down By The River – Chapter 11 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 7
I giggle as I remember one person who stood out. Father Mulcahy from the TV show MASH (CBS 1972) who in one particular episode personified life as I endure it.
Down By The River – Chapter 12 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 8
As the sunset paints its ochres across the river into the gums lining the Murray, we have parked in what seems to be quite a well used picnic spot.
Down By The River – Chapter 13 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 9
As the sunset paints its ochres across the river into the gums lining the Murray, we have parked in what seems to be quite a well used picnic spot.
Down By The River – Chapter 14 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 10
There are small winding tracks, straight ones, those that could only be walked, others which a large truck could traverse but all with the same point – going somewhere. All on the river with its scenic grandeur poking around every corner.
Down By The River – Chapter 15 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 11
If one was extremely keen, the dead bodies would be accumulated and munched into bait for the fish, but I couldn’t be bothered feeding good quality bait to carp.
Down By The River – Chapter 16 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 12
We get colour and to my disappointment its only a large carp. A large fish and a great fight but still a carp.
Down By The River – Chapter 17 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 13
It reminded me of something someone once muttered while cleaning a haul under a flickering lantern light: “The river doesn’t change, not really. Just how we see it.”
That day, in the weird theatre of wind and water, I finally understood what he meant.
Down By The River – Chapter 18 – Mildura & the Houseboat Day 14
Did I end up making the 200 – yes and then one. 201 in the ranks of “caught by hook”. But when added to those silly enough to get themselves caught in the shrimp net, the number was well over 400.