Albany

26 th April 2020

We got a phone call tonight from Gavin who owns Out and About fishing saying they had some large Kahawai caught this afternoon were we interested in some . Silly question yes please we said. We went and collected 3 large fish and they will be smoked tomorrow. This was the view over Albany we passed in the way back to the caravan park .

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John had his 66 th birthday whilst we are here in Albany.  Friends Pauline and John decided that they wanted to cook a Greek meal for John. Wow what a spread .





4th May 

With the Coronavirus no longer in Albany or Esperance where fortunately there were no cases. We have decided to move onto Esperance where Margaret has got work at Bunnings there . 

Our friend Gaven from Out there fishing gave us a call on Saturday night and said he had 6 Kawhai for us. John was all smile's.








3 large baskets of fish waiting to be smoked.


We kept one fish for having as crumbed fish . It was beautiful. The fish melted in the mouth .

We try to go for a walk most days to get some exercise. Todays photos.





                                         Sunset tonight stunning colours from our annex 

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