Back south for a bit

Having come back to Cairns from our Coral Sea trip, we made the unusual decision to head back south for a bit! This post explains why and where we have got to.

Anui anchored at Flora Reef

Escape to the Coral Sea – Part 3

For the third and last post in our August 2023 Coral Sea Series, we are making another hop to a different atoll to take advantage of the last days of calm weather. This time we sail to Flora Reef, 75nm NW of Flinders Reefs.

Anui at Big Stevens Reef

Reef Reconnaissance off Mackay

With only a few days of calm weather sandwiched between long periods of 25-30 SE, we had to curtail our ambition to go out to the Coral Sea atoll of Marion Reef and instead opted to do a reconnaissance trip to the inner reefs 60-70 nm east of Mackay.