13th Oct, Coffs Harbour, Australia

We looked at the weather first thing and decided we weren't happy with the system coming through – we have still got plenty of time to get down to Sydney so we decided not to risk it. The weather at the weekend looks like a better option but we will have to see what happens as the week progresses (the weather info is normally only accurate for about the first 4 days so the weekend is a bit too far away).
We decided to have a lazy day on the boat as since we left Fiji we have been going non stop with a 5 day passage to New Caledonia, 4 days in Noumea fixing the engine mounts and then a 7 day passage to Australia and since we arrived here we have been busy doing jobs.
We did a load of washing as the wind had finally died enough to peg it out on the boat
and then I spent the afternoon reading my book. Jonny spent the afternoon on the internet researching the best option for transferring some of our money from the UK to Australia. By the end of the afternoon we were glad that we hadn't left as the wind was back up – although as it was now from a different direction it was a warm wind compared to the cold wind we have had since we arrived.