NPA Wet Season Jan - April

[geoffjy]

On Ant's suggestion, i will take some pics over the coming wet season and post up here to give you all an idea of how things look.

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Seisia boat ramp


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Seisia Jetty

[geoffjy]

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Seaswift yard

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boat ramp again

[geoffjy]

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Bamaga

[geoffjy]

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Bamaga

[plucker]

I have a photo of TI in early Feb a few years ago, in my archives somewhere if you want Geoff.

[geoffjy]

Post it up if you want. I will change the thread title.

[ant]

Geoff,
Great pics - keep them coming.
I think there are a lot of people out there who have no idea what the Cape is like in the wet so this is the sort of thing that will be of interest.

Bat- have you got any from your area?

[geoffjy]

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Carpark in front of the boat ramp

[plucker]

Thursday Island in early February 2002 after a good wet.
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Thursday Island is rarely green.

[plucker]

1 of the Lochart in Jan 04. It was like this for 3 days.

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[ant]

Plucker,
Looks like some lovely fishing weather. Those are the sort of trips you never forget.

[geoffjy]

Just got word today, the Archer is 8mt deep as of this morning. I cant see too many cars crossing that one. It came up pretty fast last night and hasnt gone back down.

[plucker]

Just got word today, the Archer is 8mt deep as of this morning. I cant see too many cars crossing that one. It came up pretty fast last night and hasnt gone back down.

Sounds like the makings of a fantastic wet season.

[ant]

Hmmmmmmmm, Wonder if I can get the 3 metre PolyCraft up there to shoot some rapids!!!!!

[geoffjy]

Hmmmmmmmm, Wonder if I can get the 3 metre PolyCraft up there to shoot some rapids!!!!!


Anything is possible Ant. I would offer to pick you up in the Gulf but it is a tad rough out that way at the moment.

[yetti]

gday,

well the cyclonic conditions have hurt me! have lost a huge amount of bank in last 24hrs. more than in the last 8 yrs. i have no photos yet but in the morning, i will do some before and afters. i hate to think how Saibai, and Coconut islands are fareing. My wife is worried the house is going to be claimed by the sea. time will tell, but to say i was surprised is an understatement. Ant, (hes stayed here) you will be blown away by the damage.

fingers are crossed.

cheers

[plucker]

good luck with your battle against nature Yetti. Hope it all turns out for the best.

[geoffjy]

Good luck with that Bat. The tides are getting lower every day now so fingers crossed, the worst of it should be over.

[ant]

gday,

well the cyclonic conditions have hurt me! have lost a huge amount of bank in last 24hrs. more than in the last 8 yrs. i have no photos yet but in the morning, i will do some before and afters. i hate to think how Saibai, and Coconut islands are fareing. My wife is worried the house is going to be claimed by the sea. time will tell, but to say i was surprised is an understatement. Ant, (hes stayed here) you will be blown away by the damage.

fingers are crossed.

cheers

Bat,
Hang in there mate.
And I thought you were close enough to the water when I stayed there!!!!

Maybe Nic can build a jetty from the front door?

In all seriousness, I hope that it doesn't get that bad. It is hard to imagine the area being that rough as we (tourists) see it in relative calm when we visit. Goes to show what Mother Nature can bring.

[geoffjy]

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Het Stacky, You should know where this pic was taken. It missed your house thankfully. This happened this morning. A mates garage was also wiped out. Thankfully he didnt have his car under it.

[geoffjy]

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This guy obviously forgot to put his anchor out. It wound up in the carpark.

[Nedly]

Awesome pic's.
It's hard for us tourists to imagine the water being so high.
When I was last at Seisia it was a long way from the top of the wharf to the water, in these pic's you'd have to be worried about croc's stepping up to say hello.

[geoffjy]

Awesome pic's.
It's hard for us tourists to imagine the water being so high.
When I was last at Seisia it was a long way from the top of the wharf to the water, in these pic's you'd have to be worried about croc's stepping up to say hello.

Peddell's are only doing morning trips over and back now, none in the arvo due to the high tides we are having. The tides at the moment are about 3.5mt plus the wind is pushing it up a bit further.

Spoke to Peddell's this morning and they said that because the water is really high it could be dangerous as the waves could push them onto the jetty pretty hard.

[xina]

gday,

well the cyclonic conditions have hurt me! have lost a huge amount of bank in last 24hrs. more than in the last 8 yrs. i have no photos yet but in the morning, i will do some before and afters. i hate to think how Saibai, and Coconut islands are fareing. My wife is worried the house is going to be claimed by the sea. time will tell, but to say i was surprised is an understatement. Ant, (hes stayed here) you will be blown away by the damage.

fingers are crossed.

cheers

Hope Mother Nature backs off soon for you yetti. Good Luck,
Cheers,
xina.

[Stacky]

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Het Stacky, You should know where this pic was taken. It missed your house thankfully. This happened this morning. A mates garage was also wiped out. Thankfully he didnt have his car under it.

Is that the one just at our driveway?

I was looking at a few trees in our yard and out the front and wondering if they'll last another wet season. I wonder if the one over the powerline leading into our house is still standing.

We called Ergon several times to have someone look at it before we left, they said they were coming but never showed......well not in the 10 days we were there anyway.

I'll bet the grounds getting pretty soaked and soggy up there now after this dump of rain passing through. Iknew this year was gonna be a good wet season and i'm missing it. Nice and sunny here with some pretty good waves for a surf too.

[Stacky]

I just looked at the pic again. The tree just on the left of the wheelie bin thats tall and leaning out over the road and dead looking will probably be next.......Damn....i just fixed all our fence up before we left too!

[xina]

I just looked at the pic again. The tree just on the left of the wheelie bin thats tall and leaning out over the road and dead looking will probably be next.......Damn....i just fixed all our fence up before we left too!

Never mind Stacky, you'll still be living in the best place on earth when you get back. [ Gotta be some minor drawbacks. Nowhere's absolutely perfect.]
Say Hi to Jade and Ruby for me.
Cheers, xina.

[geoffjy]

Is that the one just at our driveway?

I was looking at a few trees in our yard and out the front and wondering if they'll last another wet season. I wonder if the one over the powerline leading into our house is still standing.

We called Ergon several times to have someone look at it before we left, they said they were coming but never showed......well not in the 10 days we were there anyway.

I'll bet the grounds getting pretty soaked and soggy up there now after this dump of rain passing through. Iknew this year was gonna be a good wet season and i'm missing it. Nice and sunny here with some pretty good waves for a surf too.

Yes, its the one in your driveway. I wouldnt rely on the boys from Ergon up here if i were you. The only time things really get done is when the guys from Cairns come up.

Believe it or not, that pic was taken yesterday morning. Today is blue skies. Still plenty of wind though.

[Nedly]

Hope you got through the storm alright Yetti.


Hey Geoff, how did the Seisia and Loyalty Beach camp grounds go, were they flooded at all?

[geoffjy]

Hope you got through the storm alright Yetti.


Hey Geoff, how did the Seisia and Loyalty Beach camp grounds go, were they flooded at all?

Seisia was lucky. The water came up to the top of the beach, if it had of been 15cm higher it would have though.

As for Loyalty Beach, the water came right up to the lodge itself. There was a bit of flooding happening there as well as fair few trees and branches coming down. Its a great day today, no rain. It wont take long for the water to dissapear.

[geoffjy]

Spoke to a friend today who is the loadmaster for the rescue choppers on Horn Island. He is sending me a heap of photos of flooding on some of the islands. I asked him how Saibai and a couple of other islands fared and all he said was "ok, they tied the boats off to their verandahs, the water was that high".

[barney]

Will attempt to attach some photos of the Evans Landing boat ramp at high tide last Saturday......the boat ramp itself was covered, water nearly level with the jetty and flooding the car park.

[geoffjy]

I just got back from 3 days fishing out the east coast and the weather conditions were perfect. Here are a few pics -

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The eastern entrance to Albany Passage looking across to Albany Island from Fly Point.

[geoffjy]

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Albany Passage looking north west from Fly Point

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Fly Point

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Somerset looking across to Albany Pearl farm

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Albany Island pearl farm

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Looking towards the east entrance to Albany Passage

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[geoffjy]

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[xina]

Thank you once again Geoff. Great to sea the seas so flat again. Brings back lots of memories.
Cheers,
xina.

[plucker]

Is there any reef structures through Albany passage. Have only sailed by and seen from land never had time to explore fishing wise. It did look fishy though.
On the sail through we had the biggest bird flock chasing bait schools that you have ever seen.

[geoffjy]

Is there any reef structures through Albany passage. Have only sailed by and seen from land never had time to explore fishing wise. It did look fishy though.
On the sail through we had the biggest bird flock chasing bait schools that you have ever seen.

Yes, there are a few reefs through Albany Passage. Also one good spot to soak a bait is in a hole in the passage. You have to fish it on a slack tide though and even then, there are a few sharks. I havnt fished it for a while now. Bat might have though.

I have hooked onto a few big spaniards and trevs in that passage especially just off Fly Point itself.

[Nedly]

Some great shots Geoff.
We saw probably half a dozen large turtles while at Fly Point last August.
Drowned a dead prawn while there, didn't get a bite :(
Nice spot though.

[Stacky]

nice shots there Goeff,
i thought the water would have gotten dirty than that considering it's the wet or is it still to early in the season? or is it to far from any major river systems to dirty it up through there?

Geez, i wanna go home.......i'm spending to much money in main stream life.
I've still got about 4 weeks or more to go.

[geoffjy]

nice shots there Goeff,
i thought the water would have gotten dirty than that considering it's the wet or is it still to early in the season? or is it to far from any major river systems to dirty it up through there?

Geez, i wanna go home.......i'm spending to much money in main stream life.
I've still got about 4 weeks or more to go.

The three days i was out there the water wasnt the clearest. There were plenty of clouds of dirty water but that was mainly due to the strong currents in the chanels.

Visibility wasnt the best. I would be looking over the side of the boat trying to see the bottom and my sounder is telling me it is 2.5mt deep. The main reason for the water becoming dirty is the wave action on the beaches from the westerlies i think. However i'm sure the runoff for the wet will be a factor too.

The wet seasonn hasnt started yet, we are still getting the build up to it. The weather is beautiful at the moment. A couple of local boys went chasing crays at a spot not too many people get too and they came back with a feed of big crays. I have been tempted to go there myself and get a few. They said the visibility was good and they could see the crays from the boat.

[Stacky]

yeh, thanks for the update Geoff......i think,
now i REEEEEEAALLY wanna go home!!!