Day 34

Boat trip planned today in a very nice large ski boat. After some wake boarding we are motoring to a restaurant on the other side of the lake for an early lunch. The restaurant has a Jetty where we will tie up. The boat is owned by a mate of rhys family friend Neal.

Weather has been very nice here 25 to 28 clear skies hardly any wind. Met the boat owner (Bill) and his wife Dianne at the launching car park across the road from the ramp. The boat is kept at a storage yard and their staff tow the boat there and bring a ladder so the boat can be loaded and people get on. He then tows it across to the ramp and launches it and agrees what time hes to come back and pick it up. A great system but NOT CHEAP.

The boat was drop dead a lovely 24ft beautifully built and has a computer system to manage the ballast loading and stabilisers that generate the wave type and height to surf the wake. We motored along the shore line for Bill to show us all the mega homes. One sold the other week for $63m . Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison the 2nd and 4th richest men in the world both have homes here and many others no doubt.

We motored to Gar Wood a nice restaurant right on the lake with its own private jetty for dinners. We had booked lunch so that got us spot to moor. Had Teriyaki Salmon Salad, plus 2 x Wet Woody's a strong rum concoction in a flavoured slushie. Bill then took us to a tiny private beach and we had a swim off the boat reckon it was 20c water temp.

Rhys wanted to wake board so we spent the next hour or so doing that. Rhys has done a lot of wake boarding off Bills boat so hes pretty good at it. The boat has heaps of grunt so it pops Rhys up in seconds. Check out the pics with residents jetties having hydraulic cradles to lift their boats out of the lake for storage. Amazing what money can buy u.

Headed back to the boat ramp to be met with the launching business to pull the boat out and take it to the storage yard. Spent the rest of the arvo on the beach next to the ramp. Hows this all the beaches on the lake are private for residents use only with a swipe card and security on the gates. We got in as Neal gets some additional passes for the family.

Retired back to the house and after shopping as it was my turn to cook dinner for 6, made my favourite shepherds pie, they must have liked it as it all got eatenLes mer