Kiwi White

PORT LINCOLN SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5606 TUNA CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA. After you have joined by clicking on Create new account you may click on the RSS feed up top to view the photos attached to the articles. I am still trying to load more photos when time permits,

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Well after months batting the weather we have managed at last to complete the quota of Southern Bluefin Tuna. The last day we saw two companies fill their cages and just west about 20 miles we saw a nice area of school of good size tuna still swimming so that is a good sign for the future. Now it is time for me to surf and travel so soon I am off to Cactus beach surfing then later in the year I am off to Costa Rico The USA including Hawaii and then to the Philippines before returning back home to hopefully do my 34th year of tuna spotting.

This tuna tuna season has been hampered by bad weather so it goes on and on day after day it has been cold cloudy windy big swell etc so when will it end. On the last day of flying just before we had the Cessna 337 serviced we saw a huge cruise liner bearing down on the tuna boats off the coast of Port Lincoln. I was worried the ship would get close to aboat towing a cage full of tuna. Luckily the captain altered course and went out side of his line so all went well. I will post a photo of the ship.

Well as the weather is still cool cloudy windy and most of the tuna catching boats are in port to refuel and store up I have decided to ride my bike with the local group. We will ride about 40 kilometres or twenty five miles. I love the exercise and the company as we all gather for coffee after the ride at the mariina in Port Lincoln.

Well this year has been so bad as the weather has not let up for almost a couple of months. We usually have nice sunny calm days out in the Great Australian Bight but this season has seen lots of cool cloudy windy days with big swells and often drizzling rain to make things difficult in spotting the tuna on the surface.

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We that is Robyn & i have just returned from almost two weeks trip up to the small coastal town of Crescent Heads in New South Wales. This year we flew up via Adelaide Sydney & Port Macquarie where we were picked up by a long time friend Roger Fergusson. We stayed with Roger & his wife Linda in their home and we were joined by Alan & Evie Rich from up at Lennox Heads. Alan is a retired surf movie maker and he came down to compete in the over sixty five malibu surf competition.

We friends I am about to join around 30 other push bike riders in a few days for my longest ride ever. The total milage is 300 kilometres we will take three days to do it staying over night in a small hall at Mount HOpe the first night. The second day we ride to Elliston and the third day onto Streaky Bay. Some of the others will complete the whole trip to Ceduna but most of the riders from Port Lincoln have to get back as they have other commitments. The ride for Ali was started last year as she had cancer and the ride was a way to help financially.

There will be about fifteen boats heading out to sea of the coast of Port Lincoln starting Saturday morning. The Classic catch and release event organised by Peter Teakle will target Southern Bluefin Tuna of ten kilos and over. This year we will be flying, that is if the weather is ok to spot for concentrated areas of bluefin. This will help the boat skippers plot their areas to fish. The weather forecast is not that good as there should be quite a bit of rain & some thumderstorms predicted.