It’s one of those moments that lives with
you for a long time. That moment the
boss walks up and says “You’re going to
Dhipirri on Monday” – and this was the
Thursday before!
Unlucky for the clients, but super lucky
for myself and Clint, Willy and Carol had
to pull out of the trip at the last minute
and we got the call up. Talk about a
dream being rammed down your throat,
and I was chewing off big chunks of the
dream as fast as I could.
The crew for the trip included Troy Dixon,
Clint Fannin and myself from head office,
Andrew Elworthy from Tackle World
Mackay, George Voukolos from Fishing
and Outdoor World in Darwin, Steve Pill
from Barra Jacks in Rockhampton, Adam
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Meredith from The Tackle Warehouse in
Coorparoo, Vanessa Bennett from Lake
Mulwala Fish, Camp and Ski in Mulwala,
Brett Hyde from Ballina Bait and Tackle
in Ballina and Ben Shorten from Tackle
World Bundaberg.
We had four days of fishing and two
days of travel ahead of us and every
single person was a little excited.
From Brisbane, Dhipirri Barra and
Sportsfishing Lodge is easy to reach, but
co-ordinating all the flights was complex.
There are three flights needed, the first
from Brisbane to Cairns with Qantas, the
next from Cairns to Gove with Air North
and then a private charter flight from
Gove to Dhipirri.