Day 76 Yeppoon to 1770

On the way out of Yeppoon we went the tourist route via Emu Park, which was a quaint little coastal town with some nice looking surf beaches that I wouldn't mind surf fishing one day. At the lookout we came across a big flock of black cockatoos. I hadn't seen them in a group that large before.

We arrived at 1770 with a booking at the caravan park at the point. We did however check out Workman's beach on the way to see if it was better and bumped into the Irish couple we met at Kurrimine beach. Anyway the caravan park turned out great, another site with ocean views.

Richie and I headed off for the first fishing expedition at 1770 and while I was pumping nippies (bait) on a big sand bar, Richie started yelling out from where the boat was beached. Apparently he had hooked a shark which had then busted him off at the back of the boat. Well it wasn't lng before I landed this shovel nose shark on my whiting gear - probably the same fish, but we didn't find Richie's hook. We took a photo using my phone and released him back to the depths.

After a big day it was nice to watch the sunset over the water from the shores of the caravan park. This is a bit unique for the east coast but possible as 1770 is on the tip of a north pointing penninsula.

Richard