Yesterday morning after breakfast, we headed ashore for our exercise walk, which took us to the Plantation Resort, where we enjoyed an ice-cream and bumped into Storm Dancer (Del and Craig). After a chat to them and making arrangements to spend the evening together, we completed our walk back to Musket Cove Resort, following which we enjoyed a coffee and a light lunch at Trader's Café.
Back on Paw Paw for the afternoon, Elaine continued her sewing activities which are eventually nearing completion and Roy spent the afternoon preparing for the installation of our new house batteries, as well as preparing the additional tracks needed in the cockpit for the new mosquito nets. By then it was time to get ready for the evening and dinghy over to Storm Dancer for sundowners and our potluck dinner. We had a very enjoyable evening with them and learnt so much about Australia's cruising grounds, which has definitely heightened our enthusiasm for our stay in Australia.
It never ceases to amaze us just how quickly a friendship establishes with fellow cruisers whom we meet under unexpected circumstances and Del and Craig were no exception. We only met them a few short weeks ago in the most unlikely place in the Yasawa Islands, Soso Bay - A bay that is infrequently visited by yachts due to its southeast exposure with the prevailing southeast winds. However, for a few days, northeast winds circulated, providing the perfect protection and where ourselves, Storm Dancer and Knockando decided to take refuge, with everyone ending up on Paw Paw the first evening and, with that, the initial seeds of friendship were sown.
After breakfast this morning and, albeit a Sunday, it was a day of chores - A pile of laundry that could not longer be postponed just had to be done and, was eventually possible, since the ICA rally had departed and we could at least get access to the washing machines and tumble dryers. In between loading and unloading, Elaine sorted through our latest photographs for the website gallery and Roy got the finances up to date. By then we'd definitely earned a sundowner at the MCYC Island Bar before returning to Paw Paw this evening for a barbecue aboard.
