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We spent yesterday on board getting through a number of different tasks, from cleaning activities like polishing Paw Paw's stainless steel and removing mysterious marks from the helm seat to jury rigging the starboard saildrive to prevent it from sucking in droplets of saltwater, as well as fixing one of the dinghy oars which just disintegrated at the joint of the shaft to the paddle. Roy also enjoyed another exercise walk to refill one more propane bottle.

Elaine busied herself with various phone calls, finalising the remaining paperwork for our revised visas and doing some sewing.

Today it was back to Chatswood to get the last of the visa documentation notarised, to sort out Elaine's prescriptions and purchase a few more naturapathic supplements to help mitigate the various side effects of her medications. Oh the joys of modem medicine! We also enjoyed another morning coffee at Pattinsons Patisserie before heading home.

However, it has been the weather that has kept our attention over the past few days as tropical cyclone, Gita, destroys parts of Tonga and Fiji and is currently heading for New Caledonia, following which it is forecast to hit New Zealand early next week. Then tonight Sydney went red for Valentine's Day as gale force winds slammed the area, with speeds of 35-45 Kts, gusting 50 Kts. Fortunately we are nicely tucked away and definitely more protected, but we had barely finished our Valentine's dinner when the storm hit. Not quite the Valentine's Day gift we wanted.

Nonetheless, happy Valentine's Day to everybody. Hope yours is a little less blustery!

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