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Carol flew out to Hamilton Island to be with us for two weeks in the Whitsundays.  The weather was not brilliant but we had a fabulous time spending several days in company with our great friends Chris and Sara on Tulu.  We visited several places we had been in 2008 when we chartered there, including Nara Inlet and the Aboriginal cave.  We had a much better experience this time despite the Inverter and the Watermaker not working.  We visited Airlie Beach to see if the water maker agent there could fix our problem and were able to order a spare part for us to collect the following week on our way north to Townsville.  Sadly, Carols visit flew by but we had the pleasure of going back to Hamilton Island to collect Darren and Justin who had arranged their arrival early so as to spend a couple of days with Carol before she left.