We have experienced light headwinds since leaving Noumea and have motored and sailed and now we are doing both in an attempt to make progress towards Australia. I wanted to get across this stretch of water as quickly as possible to avoid getting a hammering. The latest forecast now indicates that we will get strong headwinds of 25knots on Wednesday so a hammering of sorts is coming our way! I anticipated some of this weather on this passage and have been preparing the boat for it, now we have to mentally prepare ourselves. I was hoping to make our landfall in Newcastle, but as we are not making terribly good progress at the moment it is looking more and more like a landfall in Coffs Harbour.