Friday, July 17, 2009

Good News!

Good news! The Campaign ( a passing yacht) dropped in two fish bins of mail and parts for broken down machines.
Thanks, Tony!
The goodies included my replacement underwater camera - thanks, Tony! In celebration we jumped in with Big Boy the grouper and his mate after we had seen off the yachties, and I put the new camera through its paces.
Big Boy the grouper


Gareth

Gina pats Big Boy
As an extra bonus I discovered my wetsuit had expanded in the weeks we have not been in the water, so it was MUCH easier to wriggle in and out of....

2 comments:

Tony Br said...

Ya, that's pretty impressive service. Obviously Raoul Island isn't THAT remote afterall! You are supposed to put in a plug for Photo and Video as well and a big thankyou to Matt for getting the order to DOC in time.

zinsmeister said...

Dear weeders/writers,
I don't know if you are good weerders, but what I know for sure
is that you are good writers.
We enjoyyour reports very much and we are loking forward every dayfor the next delivery. We have now a good impression of your daily pursuits.
Before the expedition started we had the idea tht we would not hear
anything from Bas for a half year.
But see now! Every week a telephone
call and your reports several times a week. What a differance with the first "round the world trip of Bas in the 80th : Communication by poste-restante..
Greetings from Jaap (father of Bas)t