Woke at 6.30 : so hot had the air con on all night, it's going to be hot on the boat! Currently have jenn Lucie Steve and Wendi in the house more to Join when the boats get in. Went for a walk in town then onto the marina. Booked jet skiing for Monday. Keeping an eye on race viewer boats are due to start coming in from 9pm Saturday : sadly ours isn't likely to be in the top 3 Our boat was doing well at the beginning of the race when we had Igor as skipper but...

Woke at 8 am so hot here. Went into town to pick up Wendi. Went for a walk to the marina we weird to see it so empty waiting for clipper boats to come in. Went supermarket shopping and had a BBQ back at the house

Got up at 8am and got a taxi to the airport. Flew from Sydney to Brisbane then when we got there met with Steve and Lucie who were joining us for next flight. We then flew to Proserpine. Sadly Wendi missed the flight due to her not being connected on line so had to claim bag and re check in. Arrived in Proserpine at 15.20 then got a bus to airlie beach : 30 minutes drive. Can't believe how much hotter it is here compared to Sydney. Jenn picked us up and drove ...

Woke at 10am ! Nice lie in. Went for breakfast. A ham and cheese toastie with a flat white coffee. Usually drink black at home but the flat whites are nice here. It rained a lot today. Went to the maritime museum. It was really good value for money. Went on a submarine first was so weird to think people live and work in this. The bunks reminded me of the clipper ones. I take my hat off to those working on subs felt a bit claustrophobic. Went on a warship then ...

Alarm went 7.30am. We had a boat trip booked. First stop taronga zoo. It was amazing and the best part was the family of gorillas could sit and watch them all day. Carl really wanted to touch a koala but the closest he got to this was a large teddy bear type one! Saw so many types of animals we wouldn't see in the uk After the zoo we went to Manly Beach but sadly it poured with rain : some cool shops and had it been better weather am sure we would have spent time...