Farewell Papilio

 Saturday 24 April

We move slowly, reluctant to leave our floating home of the past six nights. It’s our longest ‘stopover’ on the trip so far, so we have become very attached to a life on the high seas.

With laundry all done, the bags are packed, and we load up the car at the end of the Marina road after farewelling our hostess with the mostest and skipper, Sheryn Foord.

 We head for the burbs, and Roger’s sister’s house at Lidcombe where we set up camp for a couple of nights and sort our belongings into manageable carrying devices – it is somewhat surprising how the belongings seem to have multiplied. Lady Penelope picked up a few items in the first week at the ‘Merrygoround Op shop’ in Hawthorn – clothing that in fact has been extremely valuable in the simply stunning Indian summer weather we have experienced and Flashy has now increased his footwear wardrobe with the addition of black dress shoes (for formal functions) and boat shoes (mandatory when one is on a boat). So there will be some juggling of space or indeed an Aust Post mail box back to Cairns before the end of the week.

 A lazy day ensued with reading, dozing and grazing – the perfect Saturday arvo activity.

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