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| Yep - uggies and beanies - its getting cold |
A visit to Mallacoota Inlet was on my bucket list - so a
stopover was mandatory as we travelled south into Victoria and the beautiful
East Gipsland area. As it was the middle of the Victorian School Holidays we
decided to camp at Wallagaraugh River Retreat Web site here which “strange as it may seem” is
on the Wallagaraugh River which is one of two tannin coloured rivers flowing
into Mallacoota Inlet.
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| Kerry out chasing bream |
What a spot! – we camped on the bank overlooking the
river just 30Mtrs from the boat ramp. With mullet jumping day and night,
pelicans feeding all day this looked to be the Promised Land.
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| Nice bream on poppers! |
Mallacoota is famous for big bream and flathead and the
Wallagaraugh River delivered the goods. Lots of big golden bream on “walk the
dog” poppers and big black flathead on both diving hard-bodies and plastics.
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| Happy flathead angler |
Linda (AKA the Flathead Queen) was constantly pulling in
flatties every midday fishing expedition and out fished me 3 to 1.
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| That's three! |
Must have
something to do with my expert guiding and lure selectionJ.
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| Mallacoota Wharf - wow! |
The camp has no phone signal or internet so we gave the
flatties and bream a day’s rest and drove the 65kms into Mallacoota township to
do some shopping, stock up on fuel ,have lunch at the pub, do some sightseeing
and catch-up on emails, facebook and missed calls.
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| Mallacoota Inlet looking back from entry |
You can see why Mallacoota is so popular – huge expanses of
protected inlet, sandy beaches and fish jumping on your hook!
After a week on the river - we leave with one more item on
the bucket list “ticked off” and our freezer full of flathead fillets.
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