Can it really be 4 weeks since we last posted? Of course, two of those were in cold old Melbourne. On coming back, we waited for conditions that were calm enough to see the bommies. This opportunity came on Friday, and we made the diversion to have a lunch stop at Upolo Reef en route to Port Douglas. A very pleasant sail ended with Jenny on the bow signalling this way and that as we zigzagged in. Very impressive water colour and clarity. But where was the permanently-above-water cay shown on the chart? It started to appear only as we were leaving.

The wind allowed us to sail at 5 kts, but we wanted to enter Port Douglas in daylight, so we had to use the engine as well. We really enjoyed going in our own boat into a place that we had entered on tourist boats a number over times over the years.