Catch of fish and a day out

These are the fish John caught yesterday, only one for the cat but some nice ones for us. Garfish in batter tonight with some lovely fresh beans I bought at the market.
John had a meeting in Goolwa about 1/2 an hours drive away, Goolwa is where the River Murray goes into the sea, but it also has some lovely old buildings and a surf beach which is where I went to have a walk and a cup of coffee at the kiosk cum cafe there, I must go back with John for lunch it looks great. So first is a view of the beach and then a bit of the sandhills. This is where we come to drive along the beach and gather cockles when they are in season.
From there I went along the river which has been artificially filled with water as this time last year it was almost dry, this is basically at the moment a man made lake.
The birds were loving it and there were plenty of black swans, ducks, pelicans and sea gulls around.
Finally back to Goolwa itself and I parked under a shady tree and sketched the boats while I waited for John to ring and say he had finished.
In the background you can see the once controversial bridge over to Hindmarsh Island.
It was a lovely day a bit windy but not too hot and I had a lovely time checking out all the little shops, getting in a walk and a coffee and going to a couple of the art shows that were on in town.
As part of the Adelaide fringe festival the art show on at what was once Signal Point and now is the arts center is called The Heysen Trail and is being held in about 5 different points simultaneously, each artist has entered a painting in each venue, along parts of the Trail, from here to Parachilna in the Flinders Ranges.
All in all a really good day.