Although we had dragged yesterday, all was well through the night in fairly strong winds gusting to 26 Kts, but with stronger winds forecasted for today, we decided to stay on board anyway. While the stronger winds didn't actually materialise in this part of the harbour, we nonetheless had the opportunity to catch up on a few back-burner tasks like paperwork that has been put off since leaving New Zealand.

Roy also prepared our final shopping list of yacht parts and spares in order to place our order at the chandlery tomorrow. The disappointing discovery through this exercise is that, although we are a "yacht in transit", we are not GST exempt, unlike the majority of other countries we have visited. He also finalised the location of where to mount our watermaker sanitiser and boost pump, as well as hauling out all our spare sheets and halyards to replace the old ones and determine what additional ones need to be purchased.

Elaine busied herself obtaining various medical results from tests she had undertaken in the US recently in preparation for her long awaited doctor's appointment. She also perused all the information we had collected at Circular Quay the day we arrived regarding the various tourist attractions to be enjoyed around Sydney and the surrounding area. We now have a laundry list of fun activities to be pursued over the coming weeks.

Finally, since we have eventually managed to secure a less than ideal swing mooring in Roseville through Cammeray Marina, about 3NM from the marina itself, while we await the availability of a stern / bow mooring at the marina, in lieu of the mix up with our original reservation, we decided we better research the public transportation system that will get us to / from the city centre, while using the dinghy to get us to / from the marina in the interim. Although this is a compromise for now, it is better than nothing, given the precarious anchoring situation and associated lack of amenities for cruisers. At least this way we'll have access to all the basic amenities that we need in one location and it will allow us to undertake some land travel to places further afield, knowing Paw Paw is secure.