We got up very early one morning to gather mussels off the rocks at the Gonubie Beach. We were highly organised with our screwdrivers to pry them off the rocks, the net bag for collection and the obligatory 50 rand to bribe the Inspector (it being too early to go to the Post Office for our licence). Sadly my brush with illegal fishing was a fizzle - the rocks were completely denuded and the waves enormous.
However - on a much more exciting note - I DID get to go to the East London museum to see the Coelacanth!!! I'm no passionate Ichythologist but ever since I read "A Fish Caught in Time" I have been obsessed with this living fossil and his name-sake, Marjorie Courtney-Latimer.
So I saw him, bought the mug , postcard, tee shirt and key chain and probably secured my place in geekdom forever.
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