A view of the world from our Quarantine Room

Well a goodnight sleep in a comfortable bed, that doesn’t move. Unlimited hot water in a nice shower and meals we did not prepare.

We had our arrival swabs and with a bit of luck they will turn out to be negative and we will be allowed to go to the exercise area. I can’t see the sea. There doesn’t even seem to be any aeroplanes flying. There is nothing on TV. My emails depress me and I cant seem to connect with what’s going on in the news.

If all goes well we hope to be up on a shuttle back to Opua on Thursday to complete the final leg of the journey - coming home to Auckland. Of course once in Auckland we will be subject to the same lockdown rules as everyone else. Not looking forward to that

There may be at least 6 yachts on their way from Fiji - will keep an eye on Marine traffic to monitor their progress - we wish them a safe trip and fair winds - we certainly had one. I am aware that most will try and stretch the trip to 12 days in order to avoid the quarantine. I hope they can do it safely