Poor little Mystery Ship had a catastrophe while we were home in Calgary over Christmas. The power went out on the docks for several days. All of our frozen foods thawed and were on the verge of spoiling before the problem was discovered by our boat checker. Of course everything had to be "binned" (Australian for - put into the garbage can). The marina's response was that we shouldn't leave food in our freezers while away. Our argument was that the marina power should stay on and the marina personnel should check the boats like they told us they would! Oh well, it is done now.
Things have been busy for us January and February, but it is mostly just work stuff, getting the boat all back up to snuff again; ready for the next cruising season. We did our motor tour which took a good chunk of time. We also did a boat jaunt up to Manly Harbour by Brisbane for a few days just to shake the dust off of everything. In boats, if you don't use it, mysteriously, whatever it is, doesn't work the next time you turn it on. There is an inside channel from Sanctuary Cove to Brisbane between the North and South Stradbroke Islands and the main land, much like the Great Sandy Straits further north (did that last year) very shallow, sandy bottom and well protected from the travel conditions that one would face if on the outside in the open ocean. So it was a fun, easy cruise and we got to check Brisbane out.
We've met quite a few Australian boater couples in the Sanctuary Cove Marina, so our social calendar has been quite full. We work gruelling hours, like common deck hands, all day long under the relentless Australian sun then kick back with these people for refreshments, laughter and good fun in the evenings. Our Australian dialect is getting better "Hayagawn mate" is Hello, "heaps" is lots, "too easy"…… you get the picture. "All good!"
The weather has been a mix of hot, hot sun and drenching, flooding rains, big contrast, but not really any big deal. Life is pretty good in this little corner of the world.
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