After leaving cairns we had very little wind until the Whitsundays. We motored from cairns to Magnetic Island and stayed overnight. From there we motored again to the Whitsundays arriving at midnight. The wind did pick up, but in the wrong direction, so we stayed here and done some snorkeling before Kathleen's sore throat got worse and we had to take her to the doctors. In another 3 days and we were in Yeppoon waiting for wind for a couple of days. The marina here has a courtesy car so we stocked up on supplies. From here it was to Bundy, Garys anchorage with a day at Tin Can Bay, Moolooabah and then the Gold Coast. We had a few days on the Gold Coast before heading to Ballina. We arrived at Ballina earlier than we expected and instead of waiting for the tide to change just went across the bar on an outgoing tide. It was frighting, the boat was surfing down the waves. The only time we have been scared on the boat and at the end of the trip. We hired a car the next day and picked up our car from home. Everyone was glad to be back home, we all had a great time but we all enjoy living on our farm.
No time for rest, after cleaning out the boat, which took 3 days, we were of to Newcastle to pick up Jess the dog and spend a week at my mums. Well everyone else did, I was offered a job as soon as i got back and they wanted me to start straight away, which i did.
