06 July 2005: Breakwater Marina, Townsville

Whew, what a few months those two were. Lyndall spent May in hospital and she is still recovering now. The minor infection in her toe really took over as her leukemia-compromised immune system was unable to provide the resources to fight back so she was given antibiotic drips for 6 weeks. As a result she is pretty weak, with about 4 hours a day of energy available. During that time she moves about fairly economically but typically seems to achieve her job list for the whole day. Together we are getting the boat ready for a trip north, hopefully leaving around the end of July. As for me, my role as carer has me achieving the usual daily miracles. I do admit to the occasional slip-up though, the worst being a hard-disk crash on this computer which had me wishing I'd been far more diligent in backing-up. As a result, there may be a number of good friends patiently wondering why we don't reply to their e-mails. If that is you then please give us one more chance and resend, we'll do our best not to lose it! One of the exciting toys we now have aboard is super hookah setup. Running off 12V it is capable of supplying 2 people at 18 meters depth or 1 at 25 meters. So far I've cleaned the prop in the marina (2 meters) but we're all looking forward to sailing to the outer reef and exploring the coral wonderland there.