Watched the last episode of Viking in Season 1. Headed to bed after 10. The winds had settled. Mark left the aft cabin hatch open and it rained some overnight. After breakfast, he finished putting the water maker parts back on top of the new hot water tank. Success! He ran the engine for a while, too. No leaks! Then we drove to Trimax, where Mark was able to get a few parts for the Raymarine network aboard. Decided to check out Mount Coot-tha. We drove up to the top of the mountain and enjoyed a view of downtown Brisbane. The only problem was the dust storm had obstructed our view. It looked like there was a film over the city. There was a café there, and it was close enough to lunch time, so we had a bite to eat. Then drove down the mountain and saw signs to a JC Slaughter Falls. We started walking down the path and questioned a couple walking back to see if there was water flowing from the falls. We could only see a dry stream where we were walking. It was hot sweaty weather today. They confirmed that there was no water at the falls, so we headed back to the car. The trees and rocks were really beautiful. Our google maps sometimes gives us incorrect information. We took a wrong turn, and were told to basically go around the block. However, the road was steep going up and then equally steep going down the other side. This was a residential area. Got back on the correct highway and drove back to our local mall for some groceries. Then headed back to the boat. Mark wanted a nap. So, we both had a short rest. When we got up we changed to our swim suits as it was hot outside. We decided to check out the beaches on the other side of the port area in Morton Bay. We saw one of the biggest marinas. Hundreds of boats there. Most of that area had rocky shorelines and only one small very brown colored sandy beach. We walked out and took some pictures, but didn't get in the water. There were a couple of young guys with dogs, that were chasing each other on the beach. Drove further and got to see some interesting sites. Some beautiful two story houses, where the second story had a glassed in balcony. Gave up looking for beaches and headed back. We planned to head to the showers, but Mark wanted to walk down some of the other docks, as there were two new super big power boats. One named, Aurora, was 3 stories above the main deck. By this time the wind had picked up to 30+ gusts. The crew was blowing up some really big fenders. We spoke to Ross, who has a 45 foot ketch that he bought in Jacksonville and had shipped here. He invited us in. Thanks for your kind hospitality! Walked back to our boat and noticed that our neighbors were back in town. We had a short visit and headed back to the boat to pick up some meat that we bought, to bbq. Mark got to do the bbq'ing. Had a lovely meal up in the cruiser's palapa above our boat. Enjoyed a lovely time with Colin & Julie. At times the wind gusted so hard that the chairs and anything light was blown away. Mark had to chase down a few things. After a while the wind eased, only to return again. I cannot believe we can get such wicked winds. Our highest wind recorded was 36 knots. There were waves in our marina waters that splashed over to the docks. Our plan is take back our rental car tomorrow and check out of the marina. Unless this wind keeps up and then we will stay one more day! Thanks for your emails and messages! Great to hear from you!