Got up at 8am and went down to the marina just in time to see our boat Qingdao arrive. It was so lovely seeing them all especially Sophie. Gave her such a hug and we both cried. The last time I saw her was in London on 30th July when the boats left. She is going around the world. Helped Jane and Andy with a food shop for the next leg : 8 supermarket trolley loads !! When I got on the boat to help unload it felt good to be back on board and my nervousness was in...

Woke at 7.30 bit cloudy today had a swim in the pool such s lovely house. Walked into town did some shopping had pizza for lunch then Mel arrived (crew on GB) Chilled out most of the day then went down to the marina at 9pm to see the first of the boats come in Lmax was first then GB just 42 seconds behind. Then third was garmin Carl managed to stay up to see ichorcoal in at 3am ours is due in Sunday am It's weird seeing the boats coming in makes it all seem ...

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 ...