Mireille Day

Yes, that's true.

I think there was a crate of champagne involved, which I drank most of.

I'd never actually been on a yacht.

Ironically enough, I met Tony on a boat, but it was one of those harbour cruises that went around Sydney Harbour.

but I'd never really been on something that was wind powered or had sails.

So, but why not?

You know, I was ready to set off and have an adventure and running from the grief to a certain extent, sometimes not making good decisions.

I made the decision, the big decision at some point in that grief early on, about a year after Tony had died, when the anniversary came up again,

And all the visual reminders were still there that the place I was in was a terrible place.

And I had to decide to either die or live.

And I chose to live.

And this was part of the living.

I had no idea how to do it.

And probably I did it more extremely than I would have, certainly more extremely than my parents would have liked me to.

Oh, it was wonderful.

It recalled for me one of my favourite childhood television shows which was called Adventures in Paradise.

And it had a wonderful, adventurous, tall, dark and handsome skipper called...

Adam Troy, that was the character's name, and the actor was Gardner McKay.

And he sailed the South Pacific and had great adventures, and I wanted some of that.

I'm not sure if I was in love with him or in love with the life.