Suva YachtClub

Position: Royal Suva Yacht Club

Hi everyone,
We are sitting in the yacht club for a couple of days before the last leg of the trip! We should be home in about 2 weeks at the most now. It has been a long way with just 2 people in a 51 foot prison! Has been fun, but I will really enjoy being able to walk a bit further than we have been able to much of late!

I am going to try tonight to upload some pictures - many requests to see some of the fishing, and if I can, maybe even one of us working onboard!

Suva is busy and a bit polluted (cars all need servicing), but the people have been really friendly and helpful and it is perhaps the first place we have stopped where we have been able to get all the bits and pieces that we need. We are planning to leave on Sunday on the high tide - which we need to get into or out of the yacht club, and intend to head straight for Bundaberg to clear Customs. From there it is just 100 miles to Mooloolaba which will be our final destination. So you only have a couple of weeks left of this blog! When I get home though, I will put together a short CD of photos from the trip. Just let Pete or me know if you want a copy.

We have many people that we will need to catch up with when we get back - and yes I will be coming back to work! But please don't think we are being rude if it is not in the first day! It is going to take a little while to settle back into Australian life, actually being able to sleep a full night and just adjust back to home life and not get scared of how big the backyard is!

From here we are no longer on our own. Phil (owner), his son Clay (13) and Loretta (family friend) are joining us for the last leg. It will change the dynamics a bit, and we are both looking forward to being able to talk to someone else along the way! Stand by for some pictures a bit later, but for now (at top).... one of the storms that ran over us with about 50 knots of wind in front of it! and some of the beautiful scenery of Nuku Hiva.

See you soon! Geoff