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Wednesday, 12 March 2008

The bastard stench of a thousand bachelors

Being the consummate bachelor shack, my home often has a tell-tale odour that greets you like a punch in the face when you first walk into the door. Left over remnants of last nights dinner - usually sticking to pans, plate and cutlery - are the usual culprits. So the first thing I do when I walk in the door after work each night is the dishes from the night before. Lazy, I know

There was a different smell waiting for me when I returned home from a weekend in Victoria last week. Wait... did I say smell? I mean stench. The kind that even left over dishes could never produce. It didn't take me long to ping that odour as the bile-inducing smell of rotting fish. Thats when I discovered that I had inadvertently turned off power to the fridge just before leaving (thinking I had turned off my mobile charger). So instead of cleaning dishes on this return I was gutting the fridge and giving it a good thorough disinfecting. There were about 8 sizable flatty fillets and a whole bream in the freezer. Every single one of them had thawed and then over 4 warm days, leaked their rotting juices out of the freezer and into the fridge. The biggest shame of it wasn't the fact that I had to clean up the mess, more so that I had to throw out the fillets. What a waste.

I haven't had a chance to get out for a fish since, as I've been working pretty much non-stop since returning. Hobie kayaks were represented at the Caravan & Camping show at Kembla Grange last weekend and I manned the stands there pretty much the entire time. This weekend its on at the Gold Coast, Parklands showground, Southport (March 14 - 16). I'm looking forward to the Easter weekend, where I plan to make up for this hiatus from fishing. Weather permitting I'll be heading off shore to try and catch something big. Like many of my yak fishing comrades, Paulo has inspired me.