Friday 22^nd June

Cold and dark in Tasmania – as dark as it gets, actually.  From tomorrow it gets lighter every day.

Pete reinforced what I wrote the other day, about how enthusiastic people are about Tasmania.  Everywhere he went on his Small Plane Odyssey he met people who enthused about Tasmania, and said how wonderful it is – beauty, food, people, all fabulous.  Good to hear!

And in the meantime on the water…Canadian Greg and his little cat Ede are happily ensconced in New Caledonia.  He has jumped a few hurdles – the scary female Agriculture Inspector took a fancy to him and didn’t make him throw out all of his provisions, and the vet has come and examined the cat, much to Ede’s disgust.  Greg’s exact words were Ede did not appreciate his abdominal probing and went for him, I then put on the gloves as I am sure she would have gone for me too; what a savage.
In spite of this Ede is going to be cleared and will be allowed to roam around the islands with Greg.  She wasn’t allowed off the boat at all, in Tasmania, which was one of the reasons Greg left.  He likes to go bushwalking with his little furry friend.

Greg is very much enjoying the French food in Noumea and has lashed out on paté, cheese, pastries…I think it is exactly a year ago when we too were eating paté, cheese, pastries and trying our luck with WiFi in the Café Au Bout Du Monde.