Report Number 3

Hi again! Hope you all managed to unscramble the dates in previous reports. Today is Wed 24th, regardless of when you actually receive it. I have managed to rebuild the address book but I haven't checked it thoughly, so if you don't get this, please let me know by replying to it. Yesterday and today were fairly quiet, though we did have a visit from Madeline (my sister) and Joe in the afternoon and then Margaret and Peter (friends from way back) at night. Madeline and Joe brought another little friend - a "scissor-grinder" (type of Willy Wagtail) who ate Madeline's cake with the greatest of pleasure. The trouble is that they didn't take their little friend home with them and he proceeded to behave like a 4yo, being very demanding and woke us up at sparrow's (or Willy's) this morning and he is still here tonight. Thanks, Madeline! Meanwhile, Mick (whom you met last report - he has a boat, a 47' Beneteau that he uses for charters around the lake and for going to the Whitsundays - the boat is named "Yesdear" and the tender is "Howhigh" - anyway, Mick reinforced what others had already told us, we needed to lift our dinghy higher on the davits. So we had a guy come today who cut the davits off and refitted them about a metre higher.

Karen has now almost finished the sorting and putting away of clothes and food as well as exploring the local shops and having a hair cut, while I have sorted all the ropes and things and learnt more about my phone and the laptop. We will go into the club tonight to watch the State of Origin (sorry, internationals - its a football game) and then travel around the lake a bit tomorrow before leaving on Friday morning for Port Stephens. We are hoping it gets a little bit warmer as we go North, but in the meantime thanks Debbie and Jo for the warm jarmies and thermals.

More later.

Love, Warwick and Karen