Wind  SE  10 knts Sunny

Woke up to another lovely day although the wind had developed . It is getting stronger again by the day. Very hard to notice it though as this part of Townsville is very sheltered. Must be why it is an acceptable cyclone rated marina for insurance companies.

Martin Ed Morgan John and I strolled along the Strand to the cafe near the Tobruk Memorial pool. Apparently this pool was a favoured training pool for Olympians such as Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser when it was too cold to train in Sydney back in the days when pools weren’t heated .

We enjoyed coffee and toasted sandwiches for breaky with Martin and Ed luxuriating in the lovely warm climate.

We paid a visit to Reef HQ which is supposed to have one of the worlds finest coral  aquariums. It was pretty good, we saw tanks full of live colourful coral and multitudes of different coloured fish darting in and out. Some tanks held freshwater varieties with a very large barramundi and small croc while others displayed the poisonous and dangerous creatures including sea snakes and stone fish.

The large predators tank with giant trevally, sharks, cod, rays and Ross the turtle was pretty impressive and well worth the look. They have a turtle rehabilitation centre but I didn’t have time to visit that area which was a shame.

Back on O’vive I sewed a temporary cover for my paddle board so its doesn’t get sunburnt and washed the boat and dinghy.

Martin picked up Steve and Leanne from the airport so it was an excellent  excuse for John to down some beers or was it many beers?

Instead of going out we ordered take away pizza for delivery to the marina and we sat in the cockpit and drank, ate and laughed.