We made it into Bundaberg Port Marina at around 8:30am and tied up on the Customs and Quarantine dock. We had a very friendly welcome to Australia and Immigration, Customs and Quarantine inspected our boat and released us after only 1 hour of discussion and inspection. We then moved Faraway to her marina berth and said a quick farewell to Arthur who jumped ship to catch a bus. We enjoyed our afternoon on land and had a well earned snooze when I heard someone knocking on the hull of the boat. I stumbled up on deck and a lady from the marina had a big bunch of congratulation flowers sent from Ian's mum, dad, sister and friends Jeanie and John. Ian and I were very surprised and delighted that they even managed to coordinate this from overseas. The next day we were inundated with relatives and the celebrations continued. The relatives have now left except for my sister Helen who has volunteered to come sailing with us for a few days around Hervey Bay. Helen and her husband Gavin also took us grocery shopping (after most of our food was confiscated or drunk) and to the Bundaberg Rum distillery today and we bought some delicious souvenirs! The humpback whales are still in Hervey Bay so hopefully we will see some more whale action in the next few days. It's late spring in Australia at the moment but Ian and I have found it quite cold after our South Pacific adventure and my tan is starting to fade already.
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