Friday evening we had a nice BBQ with the family. The weather ended up perfect for an evening outside. Special moments.
On Saturday we embarked upon our 6th trip to Brisbane. We made it to the airport in very good time checking in just a few minutes after our flight opened. This meant we managed to get emergency exit seats allocated which come with some responsibility and, more importantly, lot’s of leg room. We found a power socket in the corner of the lounge and sat down to wait for the plane. For the first time in our lives we found our names being called over the tannoy. Turned out we completely lost track of time and everyone else was already on the plane. Oops.
Upon landing in Brisbane we had another oops moment. Helen needed a pit stop so I took one too. Upon exiting Helen found me ‘missing’ and figured I’d gone off in a brain haze. I ended up waiting a long time outside wondering if a horse was being passed before sending in a lady to scout for Helen. We did manage to find each other eventually and fortunately our ride was ok with the delay. We learned a lesson. It’s not about what telling each other what we’re doing, it’s all 
about agreeing where we’ll meet.
Back at the marina we first greeted Niel and Kathy from Attitude who are now tied up alongside us. We had a chat and agreed to meet later as Helen and I needed a rest. In the evening we all went out for a Thai meal in town and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I’m still having taste anomalies but in the scheme of things, this barely affected the evening.
Today will be mostly restful. Niel has offered to help out putting the dinghy motor on so we can test it. I can’t do that on my own so that’s a big help. I’m also going to check out the rigging as we plan to go sailing Monday / Tuesday to test out the new rig and sails. Sam is planning to visit this afternoon. That’ll be nice.
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