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Tinny

A quiet morning on the water.

Tinny puts you in a little aluminium boat on a tropical lagoon. Row out, look over the side, skip a stone, cast a line. Nothing is in a hurry.

Look over the side

The water is clear to the sand three metres down. Fish school under the boat, and sunlight bends into moving caustics across the seabed.

Skip a stone

There's a handful of rocks on the seat beside you. Every one you throw lands with a ring of ripples and plays a note, always in key, on an FM bell.

Row where you like

Pick up both oars and pull, and the boat glides on. A sweep of one oar turns it. Your hands do the rowing, not a controller.

Cast a line, and wait

Flick the rod to cast. When the bobber goes under, reel in against the fish. Land it and it's mounted on a brass plaque with its name and weight.

What's biting

Fifteen species from Queensland's Great Barrier Reef live in the lagoon, from thumb-sized humbugs to the humphead wrasse. Most bites are reef fish you can land in a few seconds. About one in four is something bigger.

Just don't stray too far

Row toward the island and the weather turns. Fog rolls in, rain starts, and the swell goes grey. Stay out in it and you'll wake back at your mooring.