Whitsunday Islands and onwards to Townsville.

We anchored at upstart bay for a night and the next night we anchored at Horse shoe Bay, Magnetic Island where we went ashore and found a delightful little restaurant on the beach front with tables in the garden and fairy lights in the trees.

The next morning we motored 11 miles into Townsville marina and had a lazy afternoon walking along the promenade and then sitting on the grassy cliff above the beach reading, dozing and sunbathing.

In the evening we discovered Palmer Street, a bustling street full of restaurants with tables on the pavement, where we had dinner.

And then it was Friday 10^th September, time to say goodbye to our visitors.

Julie & Kathy were very industrious on their final morning, cleaning their cabins and doing all the laundry whilst Rob helped Mark to clean the decks, mark off the anchor chain and complete some other maintenance jobs  – what stars !

After a nice lunch on the waterfront together we said our goodbyes and waved off the taxi.

Thank you Rob & Julie & Martin & Kathy for a lovely couple of weeks – we have enjoyed your company and had a great time exploring Australia with you all.