Skipper Meggs Amidships

Back in 1990 Skipper Meggs created the Fishing and Reef Tour Specialists (FARTS) when he put together a fishing holiday to the southern NSW coastal town of Tathra for three of his friends.

He organised that trip pretty well - seven days of fishing, fun and adventure.

There was some golf,some pool, some darts.

 They drank a few beers.

 The place they stayed at wasn’t bad either - it had a swimming pool, spa, turkish steam bath and a great BBQ area and accommodation was in a three bedroom townhouse style of apartment.

Not bad, because it came with an all inclusive package of seven days accommodation, four outside fishing trips and breakfast each morning.

 A bargain!

From there a seed was planted.

Skipper Meggs and his crew would come together every couple of years and their exploits grew from wild and wacky to downright outrageous and bizarre.

It wasn’t just the fishing - although throw in a creative bait contest, shitfish bingo and a beer lure competition and things were pretty interesting on the high seas.

No, it was more than just a fishing holiday.

Firstly, it was cheap.

 Skipper Meggs would go out of his way to package a holiday to suit everyone’s budget and to make sure the crew were sent home with some money in their pockets. After all, they were bringing up young families and every penny counted.

The real thing that set the Skipper Meggs adventures apart was what would happen on dry land.

Apart from the printed shirts with the famous FARTS logo, each day was planned and jammed pack with fun, frivolity and unexpected twists and turns.

 There was always a Rastas - a person who would be responsible for cooking, cleaning and fetching beers whilst everyone else relaxed. To be fair, each person got to take a turn each day.

There were theme nights, drinking games and who would ever forget the infamous pentathlon?

This evolved over the years to become a sensational Decathlon which even included an ironman competition.

Each year a mystery event was thrown in as well - sand dune quad biking and surfboard lessons for example.

There was always a bit of pomp and ceremony too.

An opening address would announce some fun rules and scant details of what was to happen for the week.

At the end of the trip there was always an official award night with Certificates provided to all participants (for instance to “The Most Improved Drunk”) as well as a home made trophy made by Mr Mowie Morro for the best fish of the trip.

Skipper Meggs never lost sight of providing a value for money fishing holiday that promised more than just big fish but more importantly great memories.

This site is dedicated to the FARTS team past and present and to all the fun we’ve had along the way, and all that’s to come.

Sea you soon,

Skipper Meggs