Day 11 - Saturday 8th October 2022

There had been a thunderstorm in the middle of the night at about 2:30am. It must have been very close because it was very loud and it continued for a long time.

When I woke this morning, the ground was obviously very wet but the sun was trying to struggle through the clouds at times. The forecast for today was for more rain and drizzle.

Harry woke me just before 7am all excited because he had seen a cat outside.

Graham surfaced at about 9:30am and said he felt much the same as yesterday. I saw John at about 10am and he said Nicky was still in bed because she had been sick all night. He said she tested negative for Covid and it so must have been food poisoning.

Graham left by Grab taxi at 2:45pm to go to the Novotel Hotel at the airport in preparation for his flight home tonight with Virgin (via Melbourne airport).

Nicky, John and Harry spent the afternoon at Finns Recreation Club again.

Originally, we had planned to go to a fancy restaurant for dinner tonight but Nicky had still not recovered and so she wanted something plain. We went to Milk and Manu again nearby which has a kids play area too.

Usually there is supposed to be a security guard at night but he wasn't there when we got back from the restaurant. Also I hadn't seen Uchi or Dessy either since about 2pm.

Although it hadn't rained for most of the day, a storm arrived at about 10pm with some heavy rain and lightning.

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