Brisbane – Aug 1, 2008
Upon leaving the Port Douglas/Cairns area, we flew to Brisbane and drove out to its Marine Industry Park where Grant for the first time met the crew and toured Indigo in the refit shed. Later that evening, we all rendezvoused at a restaurant on the lively Southbank where the crew and I had a wonderful reunion as I had not seen them for several months. Following dinner, the crew took Grant out to Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley for a sampling of the youthful nightlife, an excursion in which I wisely declined to participate knowing, having been there, the painful price I’d surely pay next morning.