Spent our evening working on the paper work for the broker. It was 10 pm before we knew it, so we headed to bed. Slept in till after 8. Woke Mark up around 4 as I could hear tinkles of rain. He went up and brought in the rest of the cushions. Both of our bodies are hurting from our long walk and boat work yesterday. We set our devices to charge but the sun was not really shining. Too many clouds in the sky this morning. Mark started working on the shore power receptacle and chord project. However, he was missing a piece or two. That meant another long walk to the Miter 10 store. He removed the American 110 power cables which of of no use here in Australia. I started moving out all the things from our dry locker and counter, around the sink. And did some sanding ahead of adding a new coat of paint. By this time it was around 11 am. We got in the dinghy and headed to the Winnerremy Park beach. Threw out the power cables that we never used as we have enough solar power on our boat. We didn't have to drag the dinghy too far up the beach as the tide was going out. Mark secured the line to the park bench. The security line was too short to lock it. Yet, this is a very safe place and we have not had to worry about someone stealing it. Walked up thru the play area and out thru the park to the road. Then we walked the half mile out to the shop. One of the things on Mark's list was an electrical outlet tester. This shop did not carry any. Cliff one of the Miter 10 workers helping Mark, suggested that we walk over a street to an electric shop. He said there was a short cut to the store but we didn't find one yesterday. We ended up walking many blocks around to get there yesterday. To the point, he walked up around to the next street with us, and showed us the short-cut through the back of a bussiness. We found the shop and it was very close to Coles, grocery store, and Whitworths marine store. Mark found what he needed. Then we had a conversation with the shop manager talking about the Ducati motorcycle that was parked out front. It was similar to Mark's bike, which I do believe he misses a lot.
Walked back to Miter 10 and bought the rest of the things we were looking at. Then walked back to the park. Stopped at the Flying Fox cafe for lunch. They had a bacon and egg on a bun with a drink for $10. Mark enjoyed some chips and a latte as well. They even have free wifi, but it kept dropping on my phone. Was able to make a couple calls before we left. One interesting thing is the number of birds around the park. They are watching when someone leaves their table and all fly in for any leftovers. It was quite the sight. The magpie birds picked up big things and flew away with them. We walked back to the beach and pulled the dinghy back into the water. The water level was down quite a bit. It was tougher today. Finally got in and headed back to the boat. It looked like it could rain any time. The wind was gusting to 30 knots. Not sure where that was coming from. We started with the painting. The dry locker got a new coat of paint and we touched up some other areas. It really looks great. Will wait another day before we put anything back. Mark worked on the outlet and was successful installing it and the new shore power cord. I cleaned up and vacuumed after he was done. The wind decreased as the day progressed. Decided to get in our afternoon shower before the heat of the day disappeared. Our water was warm but the wind made me cold. Took a short nap afterwards. It started raining lightly. We had our towels and swimsuits out, so we brought them back in. The rain didn't last too long. Don't think it added up to much. Thankfully, the breeze is steady but the gusts are diminished. We watched a dragon boat out practicing. Then a life saving rowing boat just went by. They do use these boats at the ocean to rescue swimmers. The sky is still pretty dark and the sun is no where to be seen. Thanks for your emails and messages. Love hearing from you. Will check tomorrow's weather as they talked about a higher chance of rain. Mark wanted to repair some of the cracks in the gel coat. Still need to figure out what to do with everything on the boat, in our effort to clean up and de-clutter.