11.08.07

ETTY BAY

Well for the first time we did not see a cloud. Sat on the beach (on tables) and had breakfast looking out over the Coral Sea.

There were dolphins leaping out of the water, well I saw one anyway. Went for a walk around the point and clamboured over the rocks to a very small secluded white sandy beach. Suggested we go skinny dipping but was met with a look of “you have to be kidding”. (Later in the day with the tide out you could walk around on the beach so wasn’t so secluded after all)

Walked back the other way where our neighbours were fishing from the rocks, they had a fish but didn’t know what, had a look and my guess was a Remora; don’t know where the shark was. Interesting bait, they made up a brew of flour into a thick paste add some smell

in a tin of tuna or sardines and then mix in cotton wool to hold it all together!! And it worked.

Spent the rest of the day lounging around, hired 24 hours wireless connection for $7, the cheapest yet so sent some mail out. Also did some work on the annex poles cutting and shutting them to make them less obtrusive, especially after Di banged her head on one.