No showers here yet..just a blustery 20 knots of SE wind so far..and it looks like a pretty crappy week ahead..not great dog-walking weather either bunyip...my pack much prefer the couch or bed during inclement weather though they been enjoying daily creek swims the past week or so as its started to heat up.....

I was sitting in the tinny yesterday watching a croc on the bank when a boat slowly came past with 3 guys throwing lures into the snags and caught a nice 82cm barra only a hundred metres from the croc who was more interested in catching some rays....

Hopefully the weather will improve and I can get down to Hinchi during october and catch a couple..

Did you used to have a .243 SM..?..I can attest the ammo is pretty expensive at $2-3 a round but as you know its a very versitile hunting calibre...and basically with factory ammo you have to use a brand and load which shoots well rather then just buying the cheapest....I have been shooting some different ammo at the range lately and its really surprising how much the zero and size of the groupings can change with different ammo on different rifles..

My son and I have to go down to Western NSW shortly to sort out some family stuff...while I'm down there I hope to help my Uncle clean up some pigs and foxes on his property which apparently are pretty thick ATM....I might take my .243 and the new .17 although I'll keep in mind Bunyips experience with high speed small projectiles and grass runoffs when spotlighting foxes....I'll probably regret not taking the hornet but we will see how it goes..

Anyway a couple of stray marchies have started to appear so I imagine a bit of rain will start the annual hatch again very soon..hopefully I'll be away for the worst of it..