At anchor Nivani Island
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Mon 24 Aug 2009 07:16
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Position at 1600 AEDT 10:47:26S
152:23:32E
Today was another terrific day in paradise. Chris
and Allan turned their talents to manufacturing a temporary replacement of our
bow roller, lost overboard when the bolt worked itself loose during our 3 day
passage. With the sacrifice of one of my breadboards, a bit of epoxy and a hole
saw (and the generator) they laminated together a fair imitation of the item.
Tomorrow will be the test whether it works.
Schoolwork and breadmaking took up the rest of
the morning, and the girls and I have just spent the afternoon
snorkelling, whiule Chris chatted to the locals and Al went for a walk around
the island.
The water is a fantastic aquamarine colour,
and we saw dozens of tiny electric blue fish. We had an awesome
experience swimming in the middle of a shoal of tens of thousands
of small fish, each about 10 cm long. The whole shoal would
change direction as one, flashing silver in the sunlight. (A bit like the scene
in Finding Nemo). The highlight of afternoon, though, was exploring a sunken
Japanese WW2 one man fighter aeroplane called a Zero, which was in pretty
good condition, complete with propellor, seat, joystick and wings. It was
teeming with fish. We are now waiting for one of the villagers to come over in
his dugout outrigger canoe with some coconuts, which he will trade for
some fish hooks.
And as the sun sinks slowly in the west... the
beers are cold, that's all for now. Cate.
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