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06/10/2006: "LOBSTER ........ Relative: Woolgoolga specimen"

The Woolgoolga lobster we sold to Australia's first oceanarium at Tweed Heads, (which paid for a feed at 'The chew and spew' as the surfies called Kev's Diner at Coolangatta) was a similar size to this one which I speared off Sydney's Wedding Cake Island.

A friend cooked this lobster and boiled it almost hollow when all the meat came out through the tiny spear hole that he wasn't aware of. That didn't stop us raffleing it at spear fishing fund raiser that day.

Both Sunday city newspapers had published large picture stories promoting this raffle - to raise funds for the World Spearfishing team to go to Tahiti. (Which Ron Taylor was to win).

Incredibly I met the person who won the lobster. He "was amazed at how empty these big ones are".

It was famous documentary film maker Robert Raymond. I was always too embarrased to tell Bob the true story of why his prize was a bit of a dud. He often talked about it.

Ron Ible took this picture with my camera.