Restless night (too much red wine probably) and woke early. Sat around most of the morning and chatted, but eventually made it to the information centre before noon and bought day passes for Monkey Mia for the next day so we could go see the dolphins (sounds very touristy but you have to do some of these things before passing judgement). Ran into some of the local residents in town, who Jeff was very keen to meet. Obviously this was all pretty exhausting so stopped in to the same cafe for coffee and cake (or muffin in our case) before making the decision to head out to Little Lagoon for some sailing, particularly as the wind was picking up again. Little Lagoon is almost landlocked, with only a narrow winding channel connecting it to the bay, and is a haven for young whiting. Also a good place, apparently for kite and wind surfing. Had a great afternoon whizzing about (afternoon in a very general sense, as by the time we got our boards rigged and ready to go out, it was nearly 4 pm). Managed to stay upright and sail the board, although this was accompanied by the usual cursing, as arms were dragged out of there sockets on uphaul. Very shallow for quite a long way out and managed to fin plant on the far side, causing rapid halting of forward momentum and semi-catapulting with me and boom hitting the board and then the water (what there was of it). Sadly, this probably is what caused the crack and dent in the front end of the board! My JP joins Chris’s F2 on the wounded list.
Ally and Jeff had fun kiting and Ally took me out with her to body drag with the kite at the end of the afternoon. the wind was a lot lighter by then and it was pretty hard work keeping the kite aloft, but very useful to try to consolidate some of the stuff Mick had taught us.
Arrived back at camp by 6.30 pm – bit late to rebook for another night (given the early start the next morning to get to Monkey Mia (28 km) for the first dolphin interaction and feed at 8 am – but fortunately Jim and Cheryl were sitting out on their verandah so were able to confirm the next night and arrange to pay up the next day. Consensus for dinner was fish and chips so walked into town ~ 7.45 pm. Decided to try a different place tonight but their kitchen was due to close at 8 and they weren’t doing any more dine in. Slunk away and went back to our original cafe, which also had a closing time of 8 pm listed, but they were very happy to serve us and the humungous plate of fish and chips (after a complimentary serve of garlic bread) was wonderful. Seemed very pleased to see us come back again. Definitely recommend the Sunset Cafe. Blown away again on the walk home (the wind really is coming in at the wrong time of day!) but definitely ready for bed again (aches getting worse – getting old really sucks).