Hi All,

A couple of us out here on the Cocos Islands were very good friends of the late Bob Dawson and we sadly missed if funeral. We are putting on a memorial event in his honour to show our respect and have a bloody good time - as he would have wanted.

In Bobs spirit, its not going to be serious, the activity is more important than the detail. Flying kites and getting a thrill is what its all about.

The Federal Police here are kind enough to have offered to help us with their radar gun, and we've got a good forecast for the coming days. Wednesday is the penciled date.

There is an unbelievably good spot here for speed runs, with a weird spongy weed growing in a silty muddy bottom with no rocks, just a few turtles. mid tides are about thigh deep but there are no ripples due to the weed which sits a few cm under the surface. Its a very big area so any direction works. You can keep bearing away as you pick up speed - no need to follow a sand bar.

Its not likely that anyone not already on the island will be able to attend - unless you get tomorrow flight i guess, but i wanted to post this message to let friends of Bob know that his good spirit lives on.

Perhaps this will become an annual event here - lets see how it goes on Wednesday.