We’ve been in Exmouth a little while - mainly to try and sort a problem finger (a process which is still ongoing).

Whilst here, we’ve managed to knock off a few jobs, refill diesel, LPG and petrol. Change the oil on the outboard, reprovision at wholesalers (which has been very useful).

We dived the Navy Pier, which on a good day would be a top draw dive, but we had 4m visibility and some quite bit swells. It was still a lovely dive (though quite cold).

So with all our jobs done, apart from the fresh provisioning - we were ready to go. Then we had quite a night. The rain was torrential, and it has hit Exmouth pretty hard - lots of flooding and road closures. Some locals are reporting over 200mm of rain in the night. A years worth in 36hours! We were stuck in the marina as the road out flooded, which prevented us provisioning for our final fresh stuff as planned.

We did make it out later on, but we opted to stay another night to finish some other jobs. We’ll head off tomorrow for the Montebello Islands, which is an overnight sail from here. Looking forward to some peaceful anchorages and great fishing!