Right now it's 10:30 EST (we've put our clocks back onto EST - a bit of "power of positive thinking") - and we are skating along the North edge of Recif Bampton, about 6 miles off, which we reckon to be a safe clearance during daylight hours (at night we would have at least 10 miles buffer). It's a hot morning and very humid, but we have sailing conditions that are quite acceptable, with 15 - 18 knots ESE and a regular 1.5m swell which the autopilot is handling without raising a sweat. We are doing a steady 5.5 - 6.0 knots which is great given that we have only a reefed main and the staysail flying. Unless we are absolutely floundering in no wind, it is our habit to have a reef in overnight; this morning we have made such good speed without more sail that we decided to leave things as they are. It pays to be kind to the rig and gear! The last Buoyweather we had showed a bit of rough stuff off Bundaberg about the time we will be in the vicinity, but we'll see how that pans out. It has been quiet enough to read all day, or at least between maintenance, charging batteries, sail changes, weather faxes and e-mails, and the other routine tasks. Our main job this week is to eat all the alien meat and vegetables we have on board from various ports of call prior to landfall, to deny them to the Customs and Quarantine Officers Friday night barbecue. We are doing our best, but appetites tend to be miniscule at sea in a small vessel, so we may well have to give the sharks off East Coast Queensland a few frozen treats before we head in. Interestingly we are now able to quite reasonably pick up ABC Local Radio from Sydney again - first time since May in Noumea. Cheers from us!