We met new crew in Airlie, the lady that had contacted us that was so eager to learn to sail and push her boundaries and her friend. We told them what we are doing and quizzed them on what they had been doing, their travels, clubbing etc. All was fine.
Wednesday 5th August
We sailed out to Blue Pearl Bay. Through chatting on the way we discovered that they had been to several large parties and clubbing. Also that her girlfriend was someone she met the night before that had travelled up from NSW. Another conversation went “1000s of people die in the wars in the world and no one cares, but a virus that kills old people and people that are already sick and the world is in a panic.” The lady that was pushing her boundaries was too busy on her phone to help sail. There were other things that Sue won’t let me say.
Thursday 6th August
The weather isn’t the best over the next few days so we set sail and returned them to Airlie Beach and said goodbye. They are now heading off to a party somewhere. We wanted to give them a 12 day sailing experience they said they were looking for but we have to look after ourselves and our friends.
We are self isolating (again) for 11 days until a friend hopefully still joins us!
On a positive note, we saw quite a few whales travelling past Blue Pearl Bay and we again had the wonderful big fish surrounding our boat and letting us swim with them (Toni Cunningham – not THAT big fish!!!).