After a lazy morning,  Roy started the task of fitting our new dinghy wheels, but by mid-morning, we had to head to the nearest beach so he could finish the installation and Flat Rock Beach turned out to be the ideal spot. Not only did he finish fitting the wheels,  but we met a South African family who have lived in Sydney for the past 25 years and who were very helpful with information about the area, even giving us their phone number just in case we needed help with anything.

By the time we got back to Paw Paw it was still early enough to facetime the family in Arizona and see the grandchildren before their bedtime; always a highlight of our day.

By early evening though, it was time to dinghy ashore again. This time to Echo Point Park, where we beached the dinghy and climbed the steps to the road to await our ride. It wasn't just any ride however. Terence and Kat were collecting us in order to join them for a drink at their local.  Given that we haven't seen Terence since leaving South Africa in 1994, it was a special and completely unbelievable reunion.

Terence and Roy grew up together and have remained friends all these years. It's hard to explain how we feel tonight back on Paw Paw, but surreal doesn't even begin to describe it. It is another one of those moments that, if anyone had told us the next time we would see Terence, would be after sailing to Australia and hiring a swing mooring just minutes from where him and Kat live,  we would never have believed them. It was wonderful to catch up and get the news on a host of other friends we'd lost contact with over the years. A very special evening indeed!