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Friday, planning day number seventeen thousand! The solar panels are working well, despite today being overcast there is still 13.2 volts at the regulator and more importantly, the fridge is cold. I have been told we need to replace one of our batteries as we have one sealed and one flooded type. Apparently the volts get confused as to which one to go to. Or something like that.
The plan to post daily blogs is also adrift. Sat Phones are so slow we are going to burn through budget faster than a politician at election time. Of course we could just send messages by text but pictures are better. Pictures of the ocean near Jurien. Pictures of the ocean near Geraldon. Pictures of that bit of ocean north of Shark Bay. Pictures of slightly different coloured ocean as we head north and the temperature changes.
I am investigating another method. This comes from the philosophy that everything old will be new again. I can get 15,000km of string and, by holding it taut between two tins, we get instant messaging including the ability to send pictures by sliding them dangled from two paperclips. All those years playing in the backyard treehouse were not wasted.
Here is a picture from a time when we actually took the boat somewhere.