Feb. 27

2-27: On the way to Exmouth we had the best laugh of the trip when we spotted on the menu the dessert called Spotted Dick with Vanilla Sauce - picture included. We both read it at the same time and started laughing hysterically. Our tablemates really wondered if we had lost our minds until we showed it to them! You can imagine what we thought might appear when we ordered it! We still laugh every time we think about it! Yesterday was our last stop in Australia - well, kind of. We anchored off shore outside of Exmouth which is in the far NW corner of Australia. Exmouth is a town of 2400 people that was established in 1962 when the US and Australia jointly developed a communications center. There are large radio towers on the coast. The temperature yesterday in Exmouth was about 36C which is about 97F and there were swarms and swarms of flies! Ginnie and I decided to stay on board and EVERYONE who came back from town said we were wise to have done so. Not much in town - seems the only thing we really missed was seeing emus wandering the “city” streets! Picture of the desolate coastline of Exmouth included - maybe we found a part of Australia where we do not want to live. Our day was very nice - quiet and relatively peopleless!