We woke up to a leisurely 7am start on Saturday, October 1. There was no wind in the bay and the sea over the reef was calm and mirror clear. I made pancakes for breakfast while we planned the activities for the day. We decided to go snorkelling again and it was excellent. Graham and Flynn really enjoyed exploring the reefs and saw lobsters and all kinds of reef fish. Interestingly we noticed a lot of crown of thorns starfish on the reef. You could clearly see the areas on reef where they had devastated the corals. We went to shore and collected coconuts and papaya from trees that were growing wild. Graham discovered some wild orchids growing and some other strange kind of nut that we haven’t identified yet. We had lunch onboard Faraway to escape the midday heat then Ian discovered that our generator had broken down again. Graham, Flynn and I went to shore for a fossick while Ian spoke nicely to the generator. Luckily he got it working again and came over in the dinghy to collect us. We had a lovely sundowners and Graham took over the BBQ duties from Ian. Unfortunately I lost my tooth crown to the last bite of my pork chop. It’s a bit of a shame really as I now have a missing tooth until we get to Australia. It did make Flynn laugh though when the tooth fell out on my plate! We played dominoes again and had an early night. We were glad about the decision to stay in this beautiful anchorage another night.
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