Saturday 19th July. Port Macquarie
Hired a car and wandered along the coast inspecting various picturesque beaches and doing the Kenny walk as illustrated.
Luncheon was taken at the pub on the water, cocktails aboard neighbouring yacht ‘Norman G’ with Ken, Sue and 7 month old Andrew. They are taking off on an extended cruise for anywhere between 6 months and a year on their very roomy Adams 36.
The evening involved the Wallabies dispatching the Yarpies. This provided so much satisfaction that the Admiral issued extra rum rations for us and also for himself to try and ease the pain when he was jumping up and down over all the excitement of the match. This seems to be keeping the crew in a happy, if occasionally subdued, frame of mind and so far no signs of scurvy. We must however be eternally vigilant against this scourge of mariners. To this end the Admiral insists we eat the occasional curry which he swears by. He insists that his affection for asian cuisine is linked to the fact that he has never ever had the slightest trace of scurvy.
In other news, and in line with the internationally recognized measure of distance a ‘Smoot’ (look it up!), Twin Spirit now recognizes a measure of excitement. This is a ‘Pam’ and ‘one Pam’ is equal to the excited noises Pam produces when she hooks a fish. For example when Doug saw the whale 3 feet off our bow he generated 5 Pams and when we hoisted the spinnaker in 20 knots and couldn’t get it down again, between us we generated 17.5 Pams. At various times during the Wallabies game we got to 16 Pams and would have gone higher had Pam been watching the game.


Saturday 19 July Port Macquarie

Lil astonished other crew members with her intimate knowledge of strange eastern practices including “downward dog” and “greeting the immortal sage with a peach”!!!!

New friends Sue, Ken and 7 month old Andrew, cutest kid on afloat.

Lil having mastered “downward dog” and “presenting the immortal sage with a peach” attempts the” Kenny Walk” for the first time.

Sparrow, Curvy and Lil gathering calories at the Royal Hotel on the banks of the Hastings River at Port Macquarie.

Pre dinner drinks with new found friends on “Norman Gee” and fabulous array of canapés.