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Hi Furry, thanks for all the information that you'...

2008-05-06T21:27:00.000+10:00

Hi Furry, thanks for all the information that you've provided! Sorry for the late response, I've just come back from Tassie after a short break. You have given me heaps of details, there's an estate near us with a lake so we may give it a shot one day! Thanks again for all the help :)

Kazari, I am really lucky to work in a suburn that...

2008-04-29T14:15:00.000+10:00

Kazari,

I am really lucky to work in a suburn that hosts 196 different ethnic communities within its borders.

I tried my first Ethiopian wat with injera a while ago.

Believe me, if the Somali/Sudanese communities open a resto, I'll probabaly be the first to blog about it!!

Viva la difference!

I love mongolian beef - but it's been a while sinc...

2008-04-29T12:55:00.000+10:00

I love mongolian beef - but it's been a while since I made it!

beautiful pic.

I just wanted to say that while there isn't a lot of somali restaurants around yet, there's a couple of ethiopian restaurants. They have great curries. so maybe there's hope on the horizon.

Hi Leeny, this is Furry. Pg's other 1/2. My advise...

2008-04-28T06:51:00.000+10:00

Hi Leeny, this is Furry. Pg's other 1/2. My advise to you for catching yabbies is easy, in just about any dam, or creek, you'll find yabbies.

Step 1. buy one or two "Opera nets" (these nets look like the opera house when set up)

Step 2. attach a decent length of rope (say 10 mtrs) SECURELY to the net

Step 3. find a dam, slow flowing creek, body of fresh water (Delphin estates all have lakes around them & my kids go yabbie-ing in these lakes when they stay at their mothers house in Craigieburn) & throw in your nets. Try & hide the string under the surface so no one else empties or worse, pinches your nets.

Best bait? Anything. We put in chicken, chicken necks, ham, bacon, stras, salami, kabana, anything. Best results though are definitely got from chicken necks that have started to "turn". Seriously, I've had yabbies that are on the outside of the net, refusing to let go, trying to get to the necks.

Must do's - those in egg, (under the tail you'll see heaps of eggs or little yabbies) - they need to go back into the water.

- those with 3 fins at the end of their tails are female, (males have only 2 fins), should also go back in

- a fishing licence ($25 for a year) which can be got from the place you buy the nets from is another good idea. Chances of getting caught & then getting hassled for not having one is slim .... but ..... get an officer on a bad day & you are 100% rooted! Huge fines, confiscation of vehicles, equipment, etc, etc

Finally, adding to the fun - sneaking into someone's paddock (obviously that has a dam), without prior approval - then setting up the nets is all part of the fun & adds to the "naughty little boy" adventure.

(like pinching apples off a over hanging tree on the way home from school when we were kids).

Happy hunting

Furry

Hi there! I came across your blog while searching ...

2008-04-27T11:03:00.000+10:00

Hi there! I came across your blog while searching for yabby recipes -- great foodie blog! I also have a question for you, and hope you don't mind telling me the answer! :) We just came back from a yabby farm yesterday and would love to try our hand at catching yabbies again. However, the farm really is too far away and it seems that your yabbies were caught in a dam within Melbourne? I assume that it's somewhere near Glen Waverley and we don't live too far from there ourselves, so if you don't mind letting us know where this place is, we would love to have another go! Thanks :)