Today we expecting the arrival of Carole's sister, Kathy and husband, David to join us on our cruise for the next two weeks, so there has been much activity tidying up the boat and clearing their cabin.
Also the obligatory shopping trip to Coles was necessary to continue stocking up.
Rod and Lee on Cooinda have been further delayed by a bit of extra repair work needed in Southport and a pretty ordinary weather forecast. Their plan now is to sail up on Wed evening arriving Thursday morning and we will look at departing Mooloolaba Friday morning, weather permitting.
We have extended our stay at the marina until Friday and decided it was time for another game of golf, Kathy and David had bought some basic clubs with them in anticipation. We hired a rental car for Wednesday, and booked in at Pelican Waters Golf Course, just south of Caloundra. The rental company were pretty flexible and we ended up getting the car from around 2 pm on Tues till 8 am Thursday for the cost of one days rental. They also picked us up at the marina and delivered us back on returning the car.
As we had the car early we picked Kathy and David up from the airport and brought them back to the boat. That night we had a quiet dinner at the Surf Club.
Kathy and David Join the Cruise
Wednesday 14th
We set out early for our game of golf at Pelican Waters, booked for 9 am. The course was in excellent condition and we had managed to get a special deal through Drummond Golf, so set out with high hopes. Carole excelled with 36 points, easily closing the gap on Mike's early lead in the Mica Cup, and is now 4 points ahead after Mike only managed 25 points. Kathy had 33 points and David 27.
We had a pleasant lunch at the club, and as we had the car, decided to fill our jerry cans with diesel to refuel the boat. After a couple of trips to the service station, the tank is now full and we have 40 litres in reserve.
It turned out that Kathy and David had some friends ( Kerry and Pauline Sunderland) house minding a place in Noosa and after a couple of phone calls, they decided to come to Moolooolaba join us for a few pre dinner drinks and dinner at the fish markets.
In the meantime we heard that Cooinda was on her way, passing through the Gold Coast Seaway at 4pm, and that Rod and Lee would be in Mooloolaba Thursday morning.
Hope you have plenty of red wine on board for David!!!!!
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