Had a FABULOUS Day . lol, though I did fall out of the ‘troopy’ 4WD driver’s seat, instead of climbing out and have a bruise on one leg and skinned knee on the other. I caught my leg in the seatbelt, stepping out of the car and fell to the ground. Never done anything like that before.  Only hurt my dignity, it looks worse than it feels.

But when I think of how bad, it would have been, for the old me who had bad knees, a few years back, not the new 30 kilo lighter and fitter me with good knees who got up from that fall and walked for an hour including up and down steep steps, in a rainforest walk, at Paronella Park. I count myself very, fortunate and consider, I wasn’t hurt, not anything, that matters, anyhow. 

I bruised so quickly it suggests I might need to increase my vitamins, I find if I eat more citrus fruit, including some of the white pith from the rind, it always helps stop me bruising.

 It was a lovely day and it was spent with a new friend, Nikki   I met through the Michelle Bridges, 12 Week Body transformation, and facebook.

I have been enjoying lemon juice on the fresh fish we have been catching, lately so I had not been eating plenty of oranges with some of the pith, which contains the rutin, a bioflavonoid that was singled out, by researchers in the 1950s as the best way to strengthen fragile capillaries and minimize bruising. If you find you bruise easily, check if you are getting enough Vit, C and K in your diet and bioflavoids. I will start back on an orange a day, including some of the white, pith, tomorrow.

 

HOW TO CATCH CRABS 
The bait-on-a-line method is simple; just tie a bait to the end of a string and toss it into the water. Idea bait is pieces of chicken, fish scraps and apparently the oilier or smellier the better as crabs are attracted by the smell.  A crab line can also help stop the crabs from stealing your fishing bait off your fishing line.
Check the line every few minutes to see if there is a crab tugging on it. If there is, slowly pull the line up until you can see the crab just under the surface of the water, and then scoop him up in a net. 

BOILED CRABS 
Fill a large pot with half fresh and half sea water. 
Bring to a boil.
Add Blue Spinner Crabs.
Bring back to a boil, cover up to 20 minutes for large crabs, or until crabs turn red.
Remove and drain.
Serve with white wine vinigar and lemon juice to which you could add  spices, celery, onion, and 1 teaspoon crushed red or black pepper to taste and serve with a crisp green salad.

CRAB NUTRITION 
The good: Calorie value similar to white fish at close to one calorie per gram. A good choice for a restricted calorie diet. This food is low in Saturated Fat. It is also a good source of Niacin, Folate and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Protein, Vitamin B12, Zinc, Copper and Selenium.

The bad: This food is high in Sodium, and very high in Cholesterol. Cooking it in fresh water will lower the sodium content.

CRAB is MODERATELY, ANTI INFLAMITORY.
Crab meat is ideal for arthritis sufferers like Reg and I. Reg has gone fishing again, he has a list of almost a dozen different fish he has caught here at flying fish point, he keeps updating with pride. He keeps up with joint pain supplements each morning but he is so much fitter than when we left Victoria in Autumn, this has been a great recovery year for him.

Reg caught me a beautiful, Blue Swimmer Crab, yesterday, it caught him, too, lol J,  the nippers  got him on his little finger.  He loses quite a few crabs as they jump back it the water after he gets them on shore. I suggested he get a small net to pick them up but he felt that would be, one more thing he would need to carry to the beach and back each day. 

I did some research on the web looking for ideas for people who have arthritis and fish and I found  one handed fishing nets, and  lever boosters,  I will show them to Reg when he gets back with today’s catch J. 

 

Back from a great bush walk and along the side streets of Queenslander style homes backed by rainforest and mountains shrouded in a tropical mist.  We had the pleasure of seeing lots of Pretty-faced Wallaby, (Macropus parryi), also known as the Whiptail Wallaby, and the stockier and larger, Agile Wallaby ( Macropus agilis ) also known as the Sandy Wallaby, Grass Wallaby, River Wallaby. The wallabies were grazing on the lawns of homes, and some were right up near the windows and on the decks, appearing quite tame.

Quite a few of these homes had rvs for sale in the front yards and I visualized that these might be the sea change homes of former gray nomads like Reg and I, who having toured the country and on arriving at Flying Fish Point, they decided this was the perfect place to stay put.

We walked via a circular route, walking along the beach on the final leg,, and watching three dolphins at play in the Coral Sea.  It was a lovely afternoon together. On returning to our van, Reg grabbed the fishing gear and went back, to the beach and caught a whiting and I put my togs on and went swimming in the pool.  I would not swim in the ocean here, I found out the reason there are very few water birds, is because there are many crocodiles. 

 

Today I had a laugh that my gym is using slimming mirrors in the exercise room and scales that weigh considerably, underweight. 

I went back to the store where I bought a black dress, I love for only $45. a couple of weeks ago and looked for a size 12, pink and black cotton halter neck party dress they had on sale, it was still there and they said they would reduce it  to $37.50 for me. Well I was thrilled, better buying in small country towns, for good clothing than I can do in Victoria. I noticed this when I was last in small country towns in Western Australia, no idea why Victorian shops never have quality dresses for these sorts of prices. Well at least, not when I am looking for them. 

 

Anyhow, I wanted to show you the mirror in the store.  It looks like I have been working out 5 hours a day on treadmills. I was glad I had the camera with me, lol, talk about a slimming mirror, I am 158 cm tall, skittle shape, average size 12 top 14 lower half, (larger in some designer labels), certainly not a willowy slim figure as shown in this photo I took of how I looked in the store mirror.  Good for a laugh I thought. J