Took the fabulous Baker boys out to Somerset Dam today to blow the cob webs out of the boat and to have a bit of a fish. Now moving down from the NT I had to get some paper work in order before I wet the boat.

Boat rego - $82
Boat licence course- $150 for one day and he signed us as competent BEFORE we even started.
Actual boat licence- $35
Stocked impoundment permit (to fish QLD dams that have been stocked with fish. Don't mind paying this one as all money goes to the dams you nominate)
Boat permit to get onto Sommerset- $15 for a week or $100 for a year ($75 renewal after the first year)

$367 just to fish in the fresh water in QLD (bit less as I only sprung for the week permit today)

In the NT you only have to register your trailer! God I miss it

Bakesy I moved to QLD for six years and I too got a shock and a half after the liberal times in Vic.

You too will move again I bet!

I may move but the wife wont This is her ad the kids last move. After 3 years here I may put in to go back to Tindal for a bit.

Bakes,
Aside from nearly going bankrupt, did you catch any fish?
And please, pretty please, no more Fester goes fishing photos.
rob

No Bass but the young bloke caught some snub nose Gar. Tasty little buggers them.

I'll have to google those snub nose Gar.Can't really picture what they look like?
rob

Just like a normal salt water Garfish but without the long bottom beak

Ah! Freshwater Gar!Now I know what you aretalking about.I take it they taste the same as their saltwater namesakes?
rob
So,Bakes, how much per kilo did the Gar end up costing?
Many years ago a friend purchased a waterfront property so that he could fish from his backyard.Twelve months on, when I asked how it was going,he replied that the keeper Bream had worked out to be costing $67,000 each.
rob

LOL not as much as that Rob....but pretty close.

But trhats nothing compared to the QLD government. They are buying land to save the Koala. 15 million will be spent to buy enought land to keep 40 koala's in. Thats about $375000 per animal.

maybe you can purchase extra ones from the souvenire shop and have a couple in every tree.Make their surveys interesting, don't you think?

Wouldn't that be funny.

Tried to sell a koala to a Yank Marine once at Amberley. He was very drunk but didn't fall for it. Would've been great to watch him climb the tree to grab it. LOL.