Dundee Beach

Wow ,
We arrived at Dundee around 11am, as we drove in all Terry could say was I can smell the salt.
All of us were met by our friends Sharon and Paul at the boat ramp. Right, smack, bang on the beach.
None of us had seen  salt water, since N.S.W. 
We all got out of our cars going OOhhhh!!!My God. How beautiful is this.
Carol reckoned, Tez was like a kid in a candy store, and he was.
It is another beautiful part of Australia.Approx. 100 ks south west of Darwin.
Even though you can`t see it, It is almost surrounded by land.
During the day when they are burning off over the other side, it looks like the Timor Sea is on fire.
After all that, We booked in to the caravan park known as the Lodge. [as even though Shaz and Paul have 50 acres, it isn`t all cleared, and we had 3 vans, a bit much to ask.
Sharon and Paul drove us around everywhere, to show us sites available.
We all decided the Caravan Park was the shadiest and best for all of us.
So after setting up, Paul and Sharon, took us on a tour of  Dundee. It is not a big Place but I am sure in the past 5 days we have been to every nook and cranny of Dundee. Met everyone, Been outside fishing, John caught a  Spanish  Mackerel around 9kilo. Fed 8 people with some left over .
Caught  12 mud crabs, cooked and ate them, two days in a row, [what a life]. Could get used to this.
Today they went up the river and Tez caught a Golden Trevally, weighing 6kilo. took him 15 mins to get him in. So tea tonight??????
Paul went away for a couple of days with a neighbour, but left the boys his tinnie, to go fishing.
There is only one thing wrong here. you cannot swim because of the crocks. To make matters worse the water looks so beautiful.
Sharon, The day the boys went out fishing, took us three girls plus two other women, in her four wheel drive
and took us on a tour. It was Fantastic. Then Paul and Sharon come back to have dinner with us
Every afternoon we go to the waterfront to watch the sunset and have drinks and nibbles. No wonder I am not loosing weight. But what fun....
Tonight we are going to the Lodge to see an Entertainer called Fat Thomo??????
Will let you know.
Everything here is at a very slow pace. This will give you an idea.
Tuesday, Sandy and Carol went home for a week, to see their children.
Sharon had told us about this market on Saturday morning, said I needed to be the first in line for these nice pants, the girls and I wanted.
So up I get when the boys went Fishing. Keep looking out can`t see any movement.
 So over I go at 8-30am, nothing.
 Call at the lodge, " Is there a market to-day? " "Yes" What time. " 10am it starts. Oh! O.K.
Stephen said " at least you were first there".
Saturday night we all went to see Fat Thomo.
He is a Comedian ,who impersonates other entertainers,and interacts with the audience.
Needless to say John and I were the brunt of most of his acts.
We have never laughed so much in all our lives.
It is a bit hard to write it all down, but we do have it on video, we just can`t transfer it to our blog.
that is a shame, as I think you all would get a huge laugh out of it.
Paul come back on the Sunday night, rang and said we are all going out for about five hours tomorrow, be ready about 9am.
So off we go for one day in the life of Paul Smedley.We all pile into there Toyota  four wheel drive , boat in tow.
Started off up a dirt road on to the beach, then up through a property gate,., up into a mud patch  where we were bogged of corse.3/4 of an hr latter on our way again, through sand and tall grass we see pigs.
One boar five sours and six piglets.He stops the car jumps out starts running after one of the piglets.
Didn`t catch any, we don`t even know where they disappeared to.
Back in the car again, down to the beach driving along the sand.,Paul is still talking about the pigs, Sharon says isn`t that "Popeye mullet Paul?"
"Yes, great bait . Stops the car again, Pulls out a cast net runs down the beach to catch these mullet.
Drives down the beach to the Finniss  river,Launches the boat.and takes the boys fishing.
Sharon and I had a nice time walking, collecting shells, and taking Photos.Plus catching up on old times.
Then Sharon taught me how to use the cast net.
They come back, about 3hrs latter, Stephen has a nice Barra.
We have lunch,Shaz and I went crock Spotting down the river in the boat for about an hour . Camera at the ready. We spotted 12 all together. Some Would pose no worries, others took off into the water as soon as they heard the boat.Back to the beach where the boys were.
They all pile in again, off to do a little more fishing. [none this time]
The tide has dropped considerably, ,5 to 6 mt rs, so the scull drag the boat up the bank with a tow rope.
We all get in the car to go home sunburned, muddy,and tired.10hrs latter.
Oh! but what an adventure, it was fantastic.
We all had the best 9 days, with the most hospitable people you could want to meet.
Thank you both so much,for such a great time.