SE Variable 10 knts

Morgan and I walked a short way along the boardwalk and through the park for her early morning constitution.

We lubricated the cars on the mast then went up for brunch at Barcelonas. There was a huge crowd as a P & O cruise ship had anchored about a nautical mile off  and 3000 people had descended on Airlie Beach. They reckon they will get 38 cruise ships this season which will definitely boost the local economy.

John and I cycled along the boardwalk about 5 kms to Cannonvale to source a part for the cool box.

Nobody seemed to have a 12volt timer which was going to be our temporary solution. We ordered a replacement thermostat which should be here by Thursday. When we get that in the lettuce will stop freezing, although the beer is cold when we remember to turn the frig on. On the way back we stopped at the butchers that used to sell their own smoked thick bacon but it had changed hands so we bought lamb chops and pork sausages instead. They advertise as the best sausage in QLD so we shall see.

Morgan hasn’t been able to go very far as her paws are cut up from running on oysters when she was chasing fish at Cid Harbour so she stayed on the boat all day. Such a shame as there are plenty of dog walking places in Airlie.

We dropped all the anchor chain into the water and untwisted it as we winched it back in, hopefully the anchor wont give us too much grief when next we anchor.

We had left it too late to go to town for dinner again so we ate at Barcelona up the top of the marina. The churos and chocolate sauce were delicious for dessert.