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Borroloola 22 35Tennant Creek 22 38Alice Springs 19 33Yulara 23 35

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WARNINGSLatest information at www.bom.gov.au/weatherCoastal & Land Weather 1300 659 214Tropical Cyclone 1300 659 211

NORTHERN TERRITORYIsolated showers and storms over the TopEnd and eastern parts of the Territory, clear-ing from the northeast Alice Springs Districtduring the day. Fine and sunny elsewhere.Mainly moderate northeast to southeastwinds. Fire danger: high over the Top Endand Gulf country.

DARWIN and RURAL AREAPossible afternoon shower or storm. Lightwinds before an afternoon seabreeze.Min 25 Max 34Rural: Min 22 Max 37Wednesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 34Thursday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 34Friday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 33

DARWIN HARBOURVariable winds to 10 knots before an earlynorthwest seabreeze 10 to 15 knots. Seasto 1 metre.Wednesday: Variable winds to 10 knots.Early seabreeze.Thursday: Variable winds to 10 knots. Earlyseabreeze.

Relative Humidity: Darwin 70% (9am) 44% (3pm)Barometer: Darwin (3pm) - 1008.8 hPa Alice Springs (3pm) - 1011.3 hPaRainfall: 24hr rainfall to 9am 8 November 2010 nil mm (yesterday)Monthly total to 9am 8 November 2010 17.0 mmAverage for month of November 139.0 mmOctober to 8 November 2010 174.8 mm on 21 rain daysAverage from October to end of November 209.0 mm

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PROVINCIAL CENTRESKatherine: Possible afternoon shower.Max 39Wednesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 23 Max 38Tennant Creek: Afternoon shower or storm.Max 38Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 37Alice Springs: Sunny. Max 34Wednesday: Sunny. Min 17 Max 35Jabiru: Possible afternoon shower. Max 38Wednesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 38Nhulunbuy: Shower or two. Max 32Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 24 Max 32Alyangula: Afternoon shower. Max 34Wednesday: Afternoon shower.Min 24 Max 34Borroloola: Afternoon shower. Max 36Wednesday: Afternoon shower.Min 23 Max 36Yulara: Sunny. Max 36Wednesday: Sunny. Min 20 Max 37Lajamanu: Sunny, hot. Max 41Wednesday: Sunny , hot. Min 25 Max 39Maningrida: Afternoon shower. Max 34Wednesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 24 Max 34Pirlangimpi: Afternoon shower or storm.Max 35Wednesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 24 Max 35Wadeye: Possible afternoon shower. Max 35Wednesday: Possible afternoon shower.Min 25 Max 34Yuendumu: Mostly sunny. Max 37Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 36UV FORECASTSKatherine: 14 (extreme).Tennant Creek: 15 (extreme).Alice Springs: 15 (extreme).

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Coral Sea charm

Coral Sea Charters deckie Josh Muller with a big hump-headed Maori Wrasse picked up on a Shimano Butterfly jig. Just goes toshow you can catch anything on a heavy metal jigged down deep! Picture: PETER ZERONI

By PETER ZERONI

RECENTLY I was fortunateenough to be aboard the Cor-al Sea Charter Company’sflag ship, the Elizabeth E II.She is a massive 108ft inlength, exudes old-worldcharm and class, and each ofher cabins even boasts itsown en-suite.

Add in the five-star foodand service, and you’re in aleague few can match.

On this trip we were target-ing an area of the Great Bar-rier Reef in the Coral Sea lo-cated approximately 200kmdue east of Thursday Island.The species list encounteredduring our seven-day voyageincluded big coral trout,Maori sea perch, a variety ofemperors, job fish, red bass,assorted cods and trevallyspecies, as well as Spanishand shark mackerel.

Not only were the speciesnumerous, but the size of fishlanded was pretty mind blow-ing for a Darwinian, with

coral trout to 13kg and somethumper hump-headedMaori wrasse.

All up we landed 31 differ-ent species, with the major-ity caught on baits.

However, in between fulfil-ling my role as a rovingphotographer, I did manageto break out the jig gear andgot stuck into some exoticfish — many of which I hadnever caught before.

Late each day I also press-ganged the two hard-workingdeckies aboard into field test-ing some new metal jigs.

They jumped at the chanceand landed some fantasticfish on assist-hook riggedHalco Twistys, Shimano But-terfly jigs and big knife jigsfrom NT’s own Reidy’s.

Suffice to say they are nowjigging converts.

If you ever get a chance to

fish the outer Great Barrier

Reef, grab itwith twohands and

hang on tight. For further in-

formation visit www.coralsea-

charter.com.au

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