Sunday 15th June
We get up to wonderful singing emanating over the bay from the various churches ashore. Annie considers going to church but as it sounds so good just sitting on the mooring all agree to spend the morning having a planning session. Out come the books and charts so we can work backwards from our fast approaching deadlines. It’s agreed that if the weather is going to improve as forecasted, we’ll stay here until the end of the week to explore some of the surrounding islands and anchorages. If we leave for Fiji Friday, we should arrive before dusk on Sunday night – it’s 400 miles to our chosen Port of Entry, Savusavu. Once we’ve made our plans we go to the Yacht Club where there appears to be a Sunday session developing, given the chat on VHF 77! Ian and Annie stay for a couple of drinks then spend a quiet afternoon on the boat while Stewy joins the session with Norfy. Later we all meet up at Australian Mary’s restaurant for Sunday dinner – very generously paid for by Lawrence and Norfy. We’re also joined by Mandy and Claire, and Alex, a young Australian doctor who’s sailed from Mexico and is making her way back to OZ. Afterwards, it’s a quick drink in the yacht club then home.