Don’t try to eat bream without dry bread at hand. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
RECREATIONAL fishing is a funny game. It has evolved since my early days on the Tweed River into a monster industry that caters for all expectations. Fishing for me was such a simple thing. Time to go was when it was time for a feed. The extended family all lived under the one roof and […]
IT has been an interesting couple of weeks for me holidaying in the old family home on the Terranora Lakes, just west of Tweed Heads. Coming from a fishing family, most of my early days were spent on the beaches or in a boat floating up and down the Tweed River. To say “things have […]
Tea Gardens RSL Sub-Branch Auxiliary members at their 75th anniversary celebration. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Jenny Ross-Henry delivered the historical background to the last 75 years. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Shirley and Peter Sinclair cut the anniversary cakes. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. THE diamond anniversary of Tea Gardens RSL Sub-Branch and Auxiliary was celebrated at a beautiful afternoon […]
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The crab kings. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
Old Westy mending nets. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. The crab kings. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. Part 2 – The crab kings IT’S hard to believe, considering today’s value, that crabs were once a big problem. There were heaps of crabs but no known market, and they really were a pest. They would tangle […]
Young Westy at work. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
Young Westy at work. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. Young Westy at work. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. THERE were two fishermen by the name of “Westy Davis”. “Old Westy”, Alfred George, was born in Nelson Bay in 1890, enlisted in the First A.I.F in 1915 and was a member of the first group to […]
THERE are some very good recreational fishers in Port Stephens. Lemon Tree champ Wayne Coles is one of them. I have been asked: “What makes a champion recreational fisher?” To me it is all about the ability to find fish yourself and not rely on others to pass on information. Catching fish is simple. Finding […]
FISHING for luderick has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Sitting for hours, on a hard rock, staring at a float, wishing for it to disappear under the surface. Luderick fishers are a different breed. On one thing they all agree – Don’t tell anyone where you collect the bait of precious […]
TGPS Kaitlyn Heeley (Minister for Special Events) and Rose Wolfenden (Prime Minister) standing at the Lone Pine. Photo: TGPS. Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair unveiled and saluted the new memorial. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. The ceremony was well-attended by visitors and Grange residents. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Myall Melodians led the singing and anthem. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. A […]
Nelson’s Bay Wharf, as it was then known. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
BEING a fishing historian, I am always on the lookout for any information on how fishing was in the early days in and around Port Stephens. Can you imagine how good it would have been? Through my research I have uncovered many articles that give an insight into recreational and commercial fishing as far back […]
