Sunday 10th Ellie (Ozbusser), Kev and I went to see 'Fool's Gold' set in the Carribean but filmed in location in Australia - Whitehaven Beach is very recognisable and worth going to see the film for, if not much else was. (Why cast Donald Sutherland as a posh Englishman and Ray Winstone as a windblown Floridean?) The rain bucketed down today - a real tropical storm. Monday 11th Kev and I were booked to go on a reef trip but rough weather was expected and we could defer our trip if we wanted. As we have now arranged to drop the campervan back to Cairns rather than Sydney we have time to spare and deferred the boat trip, spending the time sorting stuff, (flights to Sydney, sending post home), shopping (tee shirts and a reversible silk
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