Cousin Kwan trip

I always look forward to visiting Cousin Kwan in Queensland.

We had great views of Sydney on takeoff.

This is Pete the Parrot who comes whenever he is hungry.

Moving a chicken house.

Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t great because of a nearby cyclone. The first day we went crabbing in the small boat.

This wooden boat has had better days.

The next day we a few kilometers offshore in the bigger boat. We had good fishing and hooked about half a dozen good fish but lost them all, mostly to sharks.

In the last 3 trips to Queensland, I broke 2 rods.

Then we made a knife from a leaf spring. First cut it to size with a plasma cutter and weld on a steel rod as a handle.

Then a lot of pounding.

Quenching.

Here is the knife before annealing.

Annealed for 2x 2 hours at 200 degrees.

The knife is really hard and sharpened up very well.

It measured 285 g on my sharpness tester.

Went for a run in Brad’s (Kwan’s neighbour) boat.