Beach Bach Food

Each day as the sun rises above Death Look and Shark Alley we ponder our options for gathering the food we need for the evening. Depending on the weather we have the option to head across the island to the opposite coast or simply put the boat in the water in front of the house.

Our own Medlands Beach location gives us a host of fish species just a few hundred metres out and if you can't be bothered putting the runabout in the water I've always had good luck just surf casting off the rocks around Boatshed and Shark Alley.

Here I am hooked into a big snapper off the rocks at Boatshed.

Both sides of the island in fact deliver excellent fishing including crayfish and a variety of shellfish. A few images below will give you some idea as to what you can expect from a day out gathering our evening meal.

Scallops from Okupu

Matt's feet and our grand daughter Sienna with a kingfish bigger than her.

I've managed to pick up a good snapper and half a dozen crayfish in front of the house.

Another good snap.

And yet another off Kingfish Rock.

Then it's time to prepare and cook. Whether it's seafood or chicken in the pot there's nothing like doing most of it over the open fire.
Smoked snapper
Scallops ready to go in the pan.
Snapper bites in the camp oven.
Crayfish, cockles, mussles, tua tuas, fresh and smoked snapper.

Snapper fillets ready for the flames.

Panfried vege combo and chicken in the pot.

More pan fried veges

Seafood Paella

Plated snapper fillets with half a crayfish a Greek Salad and crispy oven potatoes

And that's the end of another day at the Beach