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Originally posted by bazza bazza wrote:

Originally posted by smelli smelli wrote:

Yeah 7 days wouldve gone too fast Bazza for sure.... You will probably just be starting to warm up on day 4-5 ?
You gunna have a great time mate
Yummy--crumpets,,i like mine with vegemite or peanut butter..

 
Kinda gone off them myself, after over indulging the other night/morning
but agree a bit of crumpet now & then does not go amiss.
 
Regards warming up ........ reckon at 30 odd degrees that will happen the
moment we step off the plane.


Haha--so true mate on both things.
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Stepping off the jet in honiara, often it is like walking face first into a warm, wet, sack. You start leaking immediately pretty much. Then there is the controlled nonchalant 50m dash to be the first to get in to the queues for clearing immigration, then waiting waitingwaiting for your bags (pleasebeherepleasebeherepleasebehere), then past the last obstacle, the baggage check (concentrate on looking innocent, open, friendly and not at all surreptitious), then out and getting mugged by 500 taxi drivers vying for your business. By the time you have done all this, your clothes are dripping (from the sweat people, shheeesshh, really), and getting into a car even with an asthmatically wheezing air con unit is sheer bliss!
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Sounds like a primo way to start the trip Stu,cos after going thru all of that then you have got all the blissfull fishing and scenery too look forward to.... Thumbs Up
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Stu is right about getting slammed with the heat .We waited on tarmac at Auckland while plane was deiced so were dressed appropriately ,getting off at Honiara was like hitting a brick wall of heat .The wife and I made a promise that next time we would have a pair of shorts and a singlet in our hand luggage next time and get changed on the plane before touching down .Running round Honiara in jeans ,and warm shirt ,shoes and socks is not fun 
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I still reckon you should come Steve... :-)
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You get that DVD yet Bazza?
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Originally posted by Capt Asparagus Capt Asparagus wrote:

You get that DVD yet Bazza?
 
No did not arrive today Stu ... maybe tomorrow.
 
Hey been meaning to tell you that there is a 50% chance my brother
may want to come along with us & will decide on the weekend.
 
In the interim Lillian is preparing a quote re flights as he lives in Cairns.
 
Hope you managed to get things sorted ok with immigration.
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More the merrier mate, no worries.
Immigration, don't talk to me about &%^$(#&%$^%$(# immigration... but yes, I think we have it sorted out. The main thing was the attitude of the Uni, if they had refused admission without full visa then we'd have been screwed, but they accept students with pending visas, whch is what Phyllie will have after submitting the medical tomorrow. Boy, it'd be so good though if only the plonkers would tell you these things....(immigration I mean, not the uni, who were helpfullness and support personified)

Anyhow... be very cool if your Bro can come too... here's hoping.
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DVD arrived in todays' post thanks Stu ... am looking forward
to the zillion things needing to be done ( have not even cleaned
the boat from Wed trip out yet ) to relax & enjoy watching it.
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At least you will get a basic idea of what the place is like now.... too lateto change ya mind now, nyarh-har-har!
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Originally posted by Capt Asparagus Capt Asparagus wrote:

At least you will get a basic idea of what the place is like now.... too lateto change ya mind now, nyarh-har-har!
 
Wow some amazing footage Capt. but can't help but wonder what
it is that you have against us Jaffas! First off you tell us we can SW
flyfish by wading out a bit in front of the resort, then you send a dvd
showing yourself filleting fish on the beach then tossing a bit of the
waste bits into the tide & shortly after a couple of sizeable sharks are
fighting over them in only about 400mm of water!
 
Wow can't wait to try a feed of those mantis shrimps they are reputed
to taste better than prawns or cray. Why did she put back the big ones
.... were they her pets?
 
Yep thanks gave a greater insight into what to expect & having seen it
can hardly wait ........... roll on the 7th !!
 
Is it OK if I burn a copy to give to Adrian & maybe another for my bro.
 
Did you come thru to Aucks earlier in the week to visit the fishing gear
warehouse? If not we are keen to meet up with you there so as to be
pointed in the right direction as to what gear to buy.
 
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Had major issues sorting out a student visa at the last moment, so this whole week was custard, but I am heading up there again next tuesday, could meet you.... ummmm... say Manukau FCO? Or somewhere else I guess, and I would be only too happy to give you some pointers.
Gourocks are shifting everything out to Cookes in East Tamaki, so all their stuff is now packed in boxes awaiting unpacking and installation in the new show-room there, when they get the chance, which may be a few months!
The sand flats are actually just around the corner, not right at the feeding station for the little blacktips :-) .... as I am sure you will find out for yourself when you get there :-)
The big mantis shrimp were females in berry, so I made her put them back, much to Jennos disgust. :-)
I will contact you on monday to tee-up when I am gunna be up there eh?
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Tues or Wed orThus would be fine but Mon would be out as have
an appointment in the morning & getting my jabs in the arvo.
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Not long now and you guys will be jetting off to nice warm weather....

Hope you have an awesum time which after looking at the last report you surely will..

Look forward to your report Bazza
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Indeed, just over a week to go. Getting the gears all together, shiny new rods'n'reels for the team, a bunch of lures , all sorted. Four of us going now, which is very cool, should be enough to run two boats.... a little inter-team rivalry going on perhaps even!
Sitting here in matamata shivering away, man, the sollies are looking good! :-)

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Sweet--sounds good mate... A teams comp type of thing sounds like is going to make for a bit o fun

Bit far to send Sollies oysters in frozen sea water via the mail huh Bazza..

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Originally posted by smelli smelli wrote:

Sweet--sounds good mate... A teams comp type of thing sounds like is going to make for a bit o fun

Bit far to send Sollies oysters in frozen sea water via the mail huh Bazza..

Have an awesum trip all Beer
 
Thanks Daryl
 
No I would not hold your breath waitng for any oysters in the mail mate
........ or from the usual domestic source for that matter as last
time out on the Kaipara they had all but been wiped out by that virus
that is decimating the commercial farming.
 
Hmnn .... a team contest would be a bit of a worry unless I manage better
than yesterday ie only two legal snaps & about 7 or 8 babies. Mind you should
have known better than go out in a SE but unfortunately has been a Hobsons'
choice situation of late in that regard & for a bit longer yet according to forecasts.
 
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Originally posted by bazza bazza wrote:

Originally posted by smelli smelli wrote:

Sweet--sounds good mate... A teams comp type of thing sounds like is going to make for a bit o fun

Bit far to send Sollies oysters in frozen sea water via the mail huh Bazza..

Have an awesum trip all Beer
 
Thanks Daryl
 
No I would not hold your breath waitng for any oysters in the mail mate
........ or from the usual domestic source for that matter as last
time out on the Kaipara they had all but been wiped out by that virus
that is decimating the commercial farming.
 
Hmnn .... a team contest would be a bit of a worry unless I manage better
than yesterday ie only two legal snaps & about 7 or 8 babies. Mind you should
have known better than go out in a SE but unfortunately has been a Hobsons'
choice situation of late in that regard & for a bit longer yet according to forecasts.
 


Thats no good with your oyster supply Bazza,hopefully it recovers soon for you mate.

Im sure the weather will be 100% better over there and you might not want to come home.

Or else you and the crew will just go straight from the Sollies to Grant Dixon's Samoa trip.. Thumbs Up
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