Change of plans - again!!!

Jean's hips and back are much better this morning so it looks as though we will leave (from Magnetic Is.) tomorrow morning for Cairns. She actually fell quite heavily on her hip while on a walk the other day and we now think that was the major cause of the problem. Anyway, thankfully it now seems to be well on the mend so we'll go ashore one more time today to stock up with some more fresh fruit and veges and then in the morning we'll be off to Orpheous Is. in the Palm Group.
Had another of those amazing coincidences - Jean spied who she thought was Sasha, the daughter of someone she had worked for at a health retreat in the Tambourine Mountains on the Gold Coast some years ago. She made contact with Sasha who it turns out owns a cafe/art gallery here in Horseshoe Bay. She told Jean that her mother was in fact visiting on the island and so yesterday we met Jenni Edgely and her partner Andrew. Jenni's youngest son, Jake was also there playing the guitar for the cafe guests. Another daughter is Gigi Edgely, a well-known Australian actress. Needless to say there was a great deal of conversation and catching up to be done. It turns out that Jenni and Andrew own a cottage at Lake Coleridge in the South Is. and they spend quite a bit of their time there. Different for sure from Queensland.
There's one thing about this yachting and cruising life; it seems to result in unexpectedly meeting fascinating people including those who one might not have seen for years - and that was certainly the case yesterday.
The weather continues fine with 10-20 knot SE winds and the anchorage here is calm although a bit of a roll sometimes. Most nights are quite cold and definitely blankets on the bed are on the agenda.
More later..............
Cheers and love from us
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