This was supposed to be my fishing day but Jacky was still keen to see this trochus shell hatchery so we set off for One Arm Point again only to find that it was open every day but Saturdays. I was able take a photo of the first crocodile warning sign we had seen however they don’t appear to be a worry for the locals. On the way back to the settlement we past a couple of locals cutting up a turtle, they were knee deep in water coloured red from the turtle blood and there were 2 kids and a dog swimming in the water about 20 feet from them.

After our 210 km wasted trip, we arrived back at Middle Lagoon around midday, the temperature gauge was only showing 33C but it certainly felt warmer. We made lunch with the local bread we had bought yesterday, it was still very fresh and tasted really good, then it was down to the beach for a swim. The tide was out and the small bay where we swam on the first day was empty. The motivation to fish was pretty low, I didn’t have any bait, didn’t feel like making the effort to get the gear out and use lures, so the afternoon was spent reading.