| The light was good and the day had dawned full | | | | could turn rainy and I had a couple of new books |
| of fresh hope as I left Brisbane and headed for | | | | to read including Laborde's Influencing with |
| the coast. | | | | Integrity which I had been trying to get for years. |
| It seemed like a perfect couple of days to get | | | | Rain or sun I had a bit of camp food and was |
| out of town and try out some fishing gear my | | | | looking forward to a few days of peace and |
| Dad had given me. | | | | quiet. |
| Over the past few months I had developed an | | | | The first thing to do was to find a good spot to |
| interest in rock fishing around the Gold Coast area | | | | camp as with all the new rules you couldn't camp |
| and was reciting to myself the rules I had heard | | | | near the fishing spots and I wasn't that keen on |
| time and again. | | | | setting the swag up in a caravan park full of |
| Always fish with someone else. | | | | families. I could get enough of that at home. |
| Never fish off rocks with a vertical wall behind | | | | Time to make a call to a bloke I knew who had a |
| you. | | | | key to the government fisheries area and ask |
| Always wear a life jacket and bike helmet. | | | | him if he needed some help with the research |
| Invest in some good rock climbing gear and | | | | they were doing. |
| crampon yourself to some rock hole which is | | | | Mid morning by the time I arrive and set up the |
| secure. | | | | swag and the rain has set in and the water looks |
| And here I was alone with no safety gear, ah well | | | | a bit choppy so I decided to settle in under the |
| I would have a look at the waves at least before | | | | tarp with a small bottle of rum and a couple of |
| I started in case I needed to swim home. | | | | books. |
| I had packed the swag as usually the weather | | | | Looks like the fish will have to wait till later. |