The sorts of adventures people have when they come to Wilderness Island @ Exmouth, WA.

The McKinnon & Nguyen Charter:

• David & Julie (The McKinnon’s)
• Hung, Joakim & Martin (Kim’s family)
• Jim (host)
• Kim (helper)
• Mike (fishing guide)
• Maria (woofer)

Getting over the island was a cold and wet trip but once we got there the long trip was all forgotten. After a good lunch David and julie decided going for a walk to the south end of the island for mangrove jacks and cods. After a slow start the afternoon ended up with a continues stream of mangrove jacks, cods and trivially. With the husband and wife rivalry running strong Julie won the afternoon with a lovely 3 kl Jack!!

The menu of the evening meal was bake potatoes baked from  the campfire with garlic butter, steak and a mushroom sours -  Jim got help doing the cooking from Hung Nguyen ( Kim’s father).

As the morning was low tide we kick back around the camp after a lovely cook breakfast.

We headed up the creek by boat for a hot jack bite. The Jacks continuously came to the boat with plenty of cods to keep everyone busy. Joakim had a great session catching his first fish ever. Plenty more to make his trip, something to remember. The husband and wife rivalry remind strong on the 2 day with no stopping David. He fished consistently hard all day and took Mike’s guide award  of a beer for fish of the day which was a beautifully marked 4 kl eastreg Cod.

The evening menu of the day was fish parcel with rice, maria’s broccoli salad, and Hung’s sours. Yummy!

Hung, David and Julie went out for a big fishing day but interrupted during a hot jack session by a sudden down full of rain which send them back to the camp for shelter.  Change of plans! We ended up having Maria’s Sup for lunch and relaxing around the camp! During the evening the rain hadn’t stop and things were cold for Exmouth standard.

Jim’s seafood chowder was perfect for the accession with a cold rainy night. Warm mind and body!

The day started with land base fishing and bush walking. Milk took David and Julie for fishing and Jim took the family Nguyen on bushwalking. Hung and the kids have never seen a kangaroo before which was a big experience for them.

After lunch time David, Julie, Hung, Maria went on the boat – Maria was the fisherwomen of the day. She got the biggest mangrove Jack. Kim, Joakim and Martin went for  a kayak trip but had to abandon the kayak on the beach. It was too WINDY and the water was too COLD! (well, it was winter) We all had a great day! (Check out the photo’s, pretty good given the weather huh)

David, Julie and joakim went out on the boat but it wasn’t the best day for boat fishing. The weather was windy and cold. Kim, Hung and Martin was drop on Simpson Island for a bush walk all by themselves.

Quote from Hung: This feels like survival Island – In Denmark we have a TV program (Robinson) where people are dropped off on an island all by themselves and basically having to survive of the land. It’s like that but with all the comforts. Heaps of kangaroo’s everywhere and we got really close to them especially when they didn’t see us coming until the last minutes.

Last day on Wilderness island and since the fishing has been limited do to strong wind the weather finally cleared up.

Jim decided to take David, Julie and Hung on the boat and trying to get the GT or Queenies that David so much wanted but somehow the week long windy weather took its toll on the fishing out wide – oh well that is fishing. After lunch Mike took David and Julie and Maria came along of a hot burley session at the south end of the island. The jacks and the cod really fired it up with the burley working a treat with a continuous stream of fish being release by Mike keeping him busy all afternoon. Which ended the trip with smiles on everyone’s faces.

A Sad Farewell:

We farewelled Wilderness Island with many memories and stories to tell when David, Julia and the family Nguyen return home. So many photos to always remind them of Wilderness Island.