Saturday we drove up to Eungella in the hinterland, a remnant rainforest area and just beautiful as was the drive up. There were supposed to be lots of platypus up there, but I have to say we were a bit doubtful, especially as the sign said dawn and dusk were the best times, but it must have been our day as we watched two swimming about happily for 20 minutes or so. I’d never seen a platypus in the wild before so I was very pleased. We drove up to Laguna Quays to see where Phlat Chat was going to be left, then back to Mackay to do the washing and have dinner (at the Thai restaurant – the dinner not the washing!) Tomorrow, Sunday is for boat jobs to get ready to head out again on Monday, weather permitting. Friday morning we took Emily to the airport after a bit of a tour de force in the car we rented – thanks GNP for short notice car. We had coffee in town and lunch at the new Botanic Gardens. After Em left us we went shopping for groceries. Friday night Chris and I went into town to the cinema.