PETER & JOAN IN TOWNSVILLE

Today is Sunday 10th May & it's Mother's Day, so after having had phone calls from our three children & talked with our mothers, it was time to visit Peter & Joan, who had invited us to their home for lunch. We've stayed in touch with Peter & Joan since we bought our first yacht, " Liahona" from them in 2002 & every time we're in Townsville, we make a point of catching up. Since selling "Liahona" to us, they've been without a yacht but they own a beautiful Queenslander home & Joan is the perfect entertainer, so we've had a fantastic time with them, catching up on news of our travels & our families.

Since being here in Townsville the weather has been overcast & cool & although we'd much prefer to see sunshine, the cooler days have been a reprieve with temperatures of around the 25 degree mark instead of 30 degrees. We know that we'll have our fair share of hot weather as we go across the Top toward Darwin so we'll take the cooler days when we can get them!

We are still sailing with Brian & Maxine on "Kinetic Energy" & intend sailing from Townsville tomorrow for Orpheus Island, off Hinchenbrook, where we'll do a tour of the research station before heading further north. Unforunately the weather forecast doesn't look favourable for the reef, where Rees & Brian were hoping to dive, so we'll play that by ear & will probably just keep heading north with our next major destination being Cairns.