Monday, February 16. Rain, wind. 27 C.
We awoke to a nasty wind and rain combination and that continued all the time until we were finally docked and tied up. However the gangways were never laid out.
Eventually, the captain announced that he was cancelling the day in port and getting out to sea where it was safer. He was concerned that the conditions were too hard on the mooring lines and if one snapped we would be in trouble, so, that was our day.
We intended to go ashore and get some needed supplies and I was going to grab a haircut. So non of that happened. We now have two sea days and that puts us in Exmouth, a smaller still town. I think that most people will be pleased with that as the rain in Darwin and now Broome are making people a little tired of disappointing weather and there is some expectation of once we get out of the Top End of Oz things will improve, or should improve.
After we pulled out of Broome we had some excitement as a Rescue Helicopter was soon hovering almost outside our cabin. The very noisy machine looked like it was getting to lower a line and hoist a Passenger/Patient up. A visit to the Neptune Lounge explained that it was a Coast Guard training exercise, using our ship as a training prop. Kind of fun for a few minutes.
We went to dinner in The Canaletto, a high end Italian Restaurant with a Canadian Couple that we met. Oddly, they both worked for GM where in Oshawa, they make the Chevrolet Silverado that we will be getting when we get home, Lord Willing.
An OK Day...
Supporting a US based company in this geopolitical climate is a tough sell for most. That and the domestic trucks have bloody awful reliability, electrical issues galore, powertrain and drivetrain failures, and other gremlins. At least the Tacomas are still made in an allied nation (Mexico) and the quality is still par with the previous generations.
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