Enjoyed a lazy morning. John cooked bacon sandwiches for breakfast then we strolled up to the boulevard for a walk with Morgan. Lovely day, very little wind from the NE. Its supposed to be northerlies for the next few days so we’ll spend time here until a southerly arrives.

Heaps of people exercising, dog walking and kids playing. Stopped at a cafe for coffee but ended up having French toast with maple syrup and bacon. Felt very bloated after as the toast was about an inch thick.

Mooloolaba is a very pleasant place, the temperature is about 23 in the day dropping to 21 in the early evening. Makes for very pleasant happy hour sitting on the front of the boat. People seem to be taking in the great outdoors and enjoying the mild winter climate.

Back to Ovive where we spent the afternoon remodelling  the cradles that support the dinghy on the back deck. Since we bought our new dinghy the cradles have not fitted snugly and the dinghy tends to rock . John cut and shaped the back cradle and added close cell foam to the front one. He needs a grinder though and there is not one onboard so tomorrow he will purchase one.

Walked the 100 metres to the yacht club for dinner, very tasty and very reasonably priced. Jenny had seafood chowder for $17 and John Fettucini marinara $18. Two blokes playing guitar entertained us for the evening , they were fantastic,  the lead guitarist played Santana and Mark Knoffler  brilliantly. It was our latest night for a long time especially as when we got back to the boat we watched the end of a Russell Crowe movie.