Today is our final half day in quarantine.
We were woken once again by the faint tapping on the door to signal that breakfast had been delivered. Matt staggered to the door to retrieve the paper bag delivery around 7.30am. Today the menu offering was pancakes with cream and tinned fruit. Yum!

The rest of the morning was spent finishing off watching movies we’d started yesterday, tidying the room, showering, doing some yoga/computer games and talking to family on FaceTime.
The health team came around to give us a final health check at 11.30ish. We were signed off without any issues and were told that we could proceed to reception around 13.10 as our bus would be there to take us back to Opua at 13.15.
We checked out without any issues and thanked the staff at the Novotel for the friendly and efficient service we’d received throughout our short stay.
Joy parted ways with the crew here as she was being collected by Rebekah and went straight home to the house in Auckland.
The rest of us piled into a mini bus with the KTD crew - they had also lost two of their crew members!
It was a speedy journey back to Opua with a brief toilet stop en route.
The rain set in during our journey and continued throughout, getting heavier as we journeyed further north.
We reached Opua wharf around 17.30 and were met by customs to retrieve our quarantine signage off the side of the boat.

The boat was in fine condition and we got the diesel heater going to warm up the inside. Tracy kindly invited us round for dinner which we gratefully accepted! Dylan whipped up some delicious anchovy pizzas which we enjoyed with red wine and chocolate for afters.

We had a minor hiccup with shore power- we suspect that our socket has an issue and as a result, we weren’t able to get any power. We turned the engine on to charge batteries in the evening instead.
Tomorrow we plan to get some provisions and leave by midday!