0007 (4).JPG=We cooked our first few with some seat potato on the BBQ plate.
0010 (1).JPG=We decided that boiled Red Claw was best.
0004 (5).JPG=Arriving at Lake Somerset, there are obvious signs of the extra water height during the recent floods.
0002 (5).JPG=Ready to leave for a few days camping at Lake Somerset. (panorama)
0006 (5).JPG=A bit cloudy for our first "Red Claw" venture. Pelicans and Cormorants
0005 (1).JPG=Pictureque day at Lake Somerset.
0010 (4).JPG=Wallabies in the morning at Lake Somerset Holiday Park.
0006 (10).JPG=A nice sized, very colourful Red Claw Crayfish.
0008 (2).JPG=A nice Lake Somerset evening at our mooring.
Somerset.jpg=At the Kilcoy "Yowie Park". The yowie is Australia’s version of the Himalayan Yeti and the North American Big Foot. It is said to be a half-ape/half-man and covered in dark fur, long arms and scavenges in the forest, breaking trees and leaving huge footprints.
0012 (08).JPG=Somerset Dam and floodwaters releasing.
0009 (13).JPG=A typical country style Aussie general store, bar, petrol station: at Somerset Dam
0005 (3).JPG=The weather alternated a bit between glorious sunny days and a bit rainy.
0004 (4).JPG=Our "mooring" at Lake Somerset.
0009 (08).JPG=Somerset Dam.
0012 (03).JPG=A few campers and fishermen beside the boat ramp.
0009 (10).JPG=Somerset Dam.
0008 (5).JPG=This poor little beggar flew straight into the side of our motorhome and he was stunned for w while
0006 (1).JPG=Our mooring spot; tied stern in, to three trees.
0004 (3).JPG=Arriving at Lake Somerset, there are obvious signs of the extra water height during the recent floods.
0009 (03).JPG=A bit better catch for the next morning in the bottom of our esky.
0012 (09) P1.JPG=Somerset Dam and floodwaters releasing. (panorama)
0011 (9).JPG=Beautiful sunrise at Lake Somerset.
0006 (2).JPG=A bit cloudy for our first "Red Claw" venture.
0011 (7).JPG=Our final sunrise at Lake Somerset and an Osprey/Kite and nest in the submerged tree.
0009 (05) P2.JPG=Lake Somerset from a hill on Kilcoy/Esk road. (panorama)
0005 (6).JPG=Pictureque day at Lake Somerset. (panorama)
0011 (4).JPG=Our final sunrise at Lake Somerset looked like a forest fire behind the hills.
BrisToSomersetCropped.jpg=The dark blue line is our trip up and the lighter blue is the return via Lake Wivenhoe; about 300 km round trip
0006 (9).JPG=A nice sized, very colourful Red Claw Crayfish.
0009 (09).JPG=Somerset Dam and floodwaters releasing.
0011 (8).JPG=The Osprey/Kite flying off into the sunlight
0012 (01).JPG=Time to pack up and reload the boat on the trailer. This was one of the experiments that we needed on this trip - whether we could easily put the motorhome and trailer onto a boat ramp.
0007 (2).JPG=Prepared for the BBQ plate
0006 (7).JPG=Our first morning was a small catch, but the crayfish were huge compared to the ones that Joy and I had seen before.
Somerset1.jpg=That worked OK and ready drive home without any dramas.
0011 (11).JPG=Our final sunrise at Lake Somerset.
0004 (1).JPG=Arriving at Lake Somerset, there are obvious signs of the extra water height during the recent floods.
0010 (3).JPG=Wallabies in the morning at Lake Somerset Holiday Park. The patriarch is just lazing out on the left.
0012 (05).JPG=Driving our boat onto an almost completely submerged trailer.
0004 (6).JPG=Arriving at Lake Somerset, there are obvious signs of the extra water height during the recent floods. (panorama)
0008 (9).JPG=A nice Lake Somerset evening at our mooring. (panorama)
0008 (3).JPG=A nice Lake Somerset evening at our mooring.
0009 (04).JPG=Lake Somerset from a hill on Kilcoy/Esk road.
