April 26th

Up early for our swim - the weather is just a little colder and so our entry into the water is just a little slower. We quickly adjust and enjoy the exercise - we are successful in deluding  ourselves that it will completely offset the deleterous effects of our recent dining habits.

When are you leaving? - two more days! - enjoy. 

Of course we can have breakfast! - we need it after all that exercise! - our delusions continue! 

Food and exercise - a combination that cannot exist for us without adding a generous serving of sleep. 


We wake - Bernie plays teenager as she swipes and swipes her way through Instagram.

We sit at lunch discussing our fellow guests - he is a financier says Bernie - look at that one year old - he is sitting there with a screen! - oh I wish those bikini clad young ladies would cover up at least in the dining environs! - is it just our aging mentality or is it a bit off? - ask the teenage themselves says Bernie.

We look out to sea - there are a few guests snorkeling - a few guests spear fishing - we look towards the pool - it is well patronized - it's swim-up bar leading the patronage stakes. 

We have under learnt to relax!!

We read the news - shots fired near Trump - cast an eye at Facebook - repulsion - encounter a post justifying the booing during the welcome to country at the Anzac dawn services - I read some of the 1000 comments - I am brought to tears - I wonder if they are true - could it just be bots trying to stir up trouble - I hope so but I fear not! 

We sit at dinner -  table 36 is on the deck - at the front of the deck - we have an unobstructed view out towards castaway Island and it's neighbors - the weather has run out of breath.

Couples stand in the shallow sea enjoying the water and each other. 

The wantabe influencers arrive - partners are instructed on how to hold the phone - when to shoot - where to shoot - the influencer poses - the partner captures it - the influencer runs to the partner - she must approve the shot - she is not happy - she heads back and takes a slightly adjusted pose - the review and reviewing process goes through many interactions - suddenly she is happy - now for the video shots - the process starts again as she works her way through what are obviously practiced choreographed movements.

The evening balmy - the sun starts to set - it protests a little and those protests delicately light the western sky - how lucky are we? - probably the best dinner environment of our lives.

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