Wind   NE  10 – 15   Sunny

Another  two blue swimmers in the trap this morning so we cooked last nights up as well. We spent the day preparing for our guests, John familiarised  himself with the sea scooter and checked and cleaned the power dive and I cleaned the dinghy and barbecue.  We needed a new AGM battery for the power dive so we pedaled to a battery shop in town to purchase one.

We parted ways and I went to the post office and the supermarket while John pedaled back to the boat with his 12 kg battery in his back pack weighing him down. Although he was riding on the footpath two pushbike mounted policeman pulled him up and told him he should have a helmet on but didn’t fine him.

In the early evening we strolled along the esplanade  to Rattle n’ Hum,  a busy wood lined bar and grill, for dinner. We both agreed it was the worst meal we had eaten in a very long time. Prices were nothing to rave about either.John had a steak that was as tough as old boots and full of gristle and I had the seafood plate with the cremated crumbed prawns, dried up mackerel and a piece of barramundi that was as hard as cardboard. Lucky I’d had Spanish mackerel previously when we had caught it otherwise I would never eaten it again after tonight..