fishing on the hawkesbury river

24 July 2009, 02:46

foodbloggers fishing? indeed! the awesome billy had organised a weekend away on the hawkesbury river with helen, richard, simon, the pom, tim, brian, dave and i. and so our journey begins one super earli morning with simon picking up a bleary eyed helen and i and being greeting by this awesome sunrise


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we arrive at brooklyn marina and the sun that shone so prettily that morning had all but disappeared leaving the place looking like a scene from harper’s island…


feeling peckish we wander around and find a cafe selling bacon n egg burgers. that bacon was freaking awesome and super crispy i would totally go back just for the bacon oh yes.


not wanting to take any chances helen and i split a box of kwells. you know, just in case.


our houseboat and home away from home the big dickie! we have hired the houseboat from holidays afloat and it was pretty big and fit us 9 comfortably with enough beds for all, decent kitchen area with fridge and stove + oven, dining room area, outdoor bbq, toilet + shower and an upper deck that we didnt use much cos it was a tad cold


the view from the back of the boat as we leave mooney mooney bridge behind us


hoho ill save you!


the pom has made a victoria sandwich minus the royal icing but i reckon it’s perfect as the buttercream icing in the middle is nice and thick and wheee sweet!


dslr porn


oh dont worry i wasnt the one steering the boat heh


and then it’s lunch time and simon whips up his fabulous beef bulgogi on the bbq along with some spicy chili pork with rice and lettuce cups


apparently tim is known as the crazy sweet dessert guy and his coconut ice does not disappoint with it’s hot pink coconut layer and zomg it is sweet but oh so good


we all caught fishies! but uh they were all undersized babies so we threw em back in. i failed in getting a photo of billy and his fishie so lol i snuck in a pic of the 2nd fishie i caught. how helen caught her fish was particularly funny because she wasn’t sure if shed lost the bait and kept yanking her line up and down to see if the weight of the bait was still on and finally reeled it in and lo and behold a fish! who mustve had a very sore neck… not that fish have necks…


and because we had only brought along 3 fishing rods + 1 fishing hand-reel we took turns catching fishies and playing poker but since we didnt have any poker chips we used sachets of sugar…


and i managed to wipe everyone and take their sugar sachets woohoo! and then it is tea time and billy has brought along some zumbo cakes but they sadly have not survived the trip and are a bit smashed but are still tasty


billy takes me for a spin in the rowboat to the shore where i go looking for shells while he throws rocks. at the jellyfish. jellyfish freak me out.


darkness comes fast and after playing a game of what weird songs does billy have on his phone we start on dinner of steamboat! billy has whipped up 2 different broths- a vegetable, and a curry laksa soup base. the vegetable soon gets turned into a bak kut the broth and the chopsticks go flying at the meat, fishballs and vegetables


foodbloggers attack!


but of course what’s dinner without desset? tim the dessert king impresses us with his chocolate bread & butter pudding that is so rich and chocolatey that i fall into a food coma


i awaken in time for helen’s fondue where she has used jarlsberg, gruyere and tilsit to create a gorgeously cheesey mixture along with a bowl of blanched vegies and cubes of sourdough bread from luneburger


heh stretchy! every bit of cheese is finished and richard mourns for more but alas it is time to sleep so we clutch at our stomachs and wander off to our respective sleeping areas


the boys wake up earli and start on the breakfast. the smell of bacon has me stumbling out of bed and greeting a much too awake simon manning the bbq


billy and his hello kitty pancake HAHAHA he looks sad here but really he’s about to chortle as he uses up the last of his tubs of ricotta haha he soon gives up on making individual hello kitty pancakes with helens fry pan and resorts to random circular shapes in the bigger frypan


our brekkie table! creamy scrambled eggs, golden hash browns, crispy bacon, ricotta pancakes, richard’s mushrooms, the leftover sourdough and of course hiding in the photo is billy’s jar of dulce de leche oh man the awesomeness that is dulce de leche


as the sun starts to set we head back to shore and grab a last minute group photo. much love guys!


let’s fly jetstar heh this is how happy i was!


our group of happy campers. super thanks to billy for organising! i had an awesome time and next time we bring more fishing rods haha

1. hehe illegal gambling? :p

   I’m not much a of fisherman, but I love the Hawkesbury. Gorgeous out there!

   — Fiona    Jul 24, 07:58 AM    #
   
   

2. Jellyfish freak me out too! Heehee this looks like fun, too bad the fish were so itty bitty!

   — Steph    Jul 24, 09:12 AM    #
   
   

3. your pics really show how much fun we had! LOL… Hello Kitty makes me sad….. LOL

   — billy@ATFT    Jul 24, 10:22 AM    #
   
   

4. Hahaha everything looks so much fun! LOL @ sugar sachets as poker chips. We used different coloured jelly beans on the weekend when we didn’t have poker chips as well.

   — Trisha    Jul 24, 10:54 AM    #
   
   

5. Huzzah! Ah what a good weekend we had!

   — monkeypushovertree    Jul 24, 03:55 PM    #
   
   

6. that looked fun!

   — Mei    Jul 24, 04:08 PM    #
   
   

7. hey at least i had a fish on the end of my line and not seaweed! lol

   much fun. omg i can’t believe you beat me in posting this. lol.

   — Helen (grabyourfork)    Jul 24, 05:24 PM    #
   
   

8. Hee hee good timmmmesssss!! Hee hee should photoshop a Yas into the group shot at the end

   — FFichiban    Jul 24, 07:38 PM    #
   
   

9. Awwwww now that I know that my result was OK (well sort of..) I should’ve gone with you guys! Hmmm soo many noms on board!

   And cute hoodie with ears!

   — Yas    Jul 24, 09:55 PM    #
   
   

10. Hehehe – I think I have the same hoodie! Is it the Emily Strange one that comes with the paw mittens?

    — Katy    Jul 24, 11:10 PM    #
    
    

11. looks like you guys had stacks of fun! and i love your hoodie!!!

    — panda    Jul 25, 10:26 PM    #
    
    

12. That is so cool. You guys looked like you had loads of fun ;)

    — foodie-central    Jul 26, 12:49 AM    #
    
    

13. Oh what fun – love a weekend away with good mates…!

    — Tina    Jul 26, 05:41 PM    #
    
    

14. i want some stretchy cheese!! yuuuumm. :)

    — Connie    Jul 27, 12:09 AM    #
    
    

15. how come i’ve never heard of kwells before!? sydney ferries, here i come!

    (did they work pretty well?)

    — tracey    Jul 27, 04:48 PM    #
    
    

16. Believe me, the smell of cooking bacon does wonders for waking the senses :)

    Much, much fun had that weekend. Best fun I’ve had in quite a while and was the best way to beat a really bad couple of weeks prior to the trip.

    — Simon    Jul 27, 07:13 PM    #
    
    

17. fiona: lol! illegal gambling with sugar packets haha
    steph: theyre so creepy right! freak me out so much!
    billy: haha hello kitty makes me sad too haha
    trisha: ooh yum i love jellybeans! especially jellybelly hehe
    monkeypushovertree: i want more coconut ice!
    mei: we had an awesome time! need more weekend trips!
    helen: woohoo win!
    ffichiban: awesome weekend dude
    yas: haha thanks dude and im sure we’ll do it again soon
    katy: hmm im not sure if its emily but i got it from jayjays aaaages ago
    panda: thanks dude and yup so many yummies!
    foodie-central: it was such a great way to unwind!
    tina: yeah it was awesome just bring along some food and relax!
    connie: hehe the cheese fondue was so awesome!
    tracey: hmm we bought it from the convenience store at the marina. i guess it worked cos we werent sick but they tasted weird…
    simon: haha i love the smell of bacon!

    — chocolatesuze    Jul 29, 01:57 AM    #