Position 29 degrees, 01S, /167 degrees 58E.
Anchored in Cascade Bay, NE part of island.
Arrived at Norfolk Island yesterday afternoon. Still very light winds (as we are in the centre of a high pressure system).
We were met at the dock by the customs, and we were worried that we would have to pay the entrance fees into Australia (Norfolk Island is part of Australia) and the fees are some of the highest in the world. The nice customs man said no worries mate, no charge!
After we met the customs man a local man came up to us and said we leave a car here at the dock when Yachties are in the bay, so come over and use it when you like!
This morning we met David our fuel man. He picked me up (Jackie) and we left Neil on board as a few yachts have dragged onto the rocks in bad weather so its recommended that someone stays on board at all times.
David took me to his beautiful house, which he builgt himself out of local pine trees. We picked up his motorboat on a trailer and a big fuel can, then off to the pump to buy fuel.
Once back at the dock, he attached the boat via a bridle & hoists lines to his truck and backed the truck to lift the boat off the trailer, then slowly released the boat into the water. We came alongside Camelot, and he fixed up a dive bottle of compressed air to the diesel drum and we pumped the fuel into our tank in minutes. Its the best way we've even seen it done, and not a drop spilt into the ocean.
Another 2 boats have just arrived in our bay, and the locals were laughing saying its like getting a weather report - we know bad weather is coming when we see the yachts pull in!!
So we'll sit in this bay until its too rough then all move around to a different bay, like musical chairs, avoiding the wind and swell.
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