We finally have a new crew member. Lydia is silly enough to join us this season sailing up the Coral Coast to the Whitsundays. We were supposed to head off up north 6 weeks ago, but the lady we had organised for crew was unable to make it due to personal reasons (she may join us later) and we also did some maintenance on the boat. The second crew we organised were a couple from Melbourne. Because of a Covid outbreak in Melbourne all of Victoria went into lock down and Queensland are still not letting Victorians into the State.
We have been watching the weather and the set off date has been put back a few more days. There is a weather window opening tomorrow so we are off!
We have been shopping almost every day for the last week provisioning the boat as we can’t carry a lot of groceries back to the boat at one time. We will not be close to the mainland or shops for at least 42 days.
Looking forward to catching up with you all in the Whitsundays on the 1/9/21.