Made it to the Swain Reefs

After a series of challenges threatening to derail our plans, we have made it to the Swain Reefs. We have been there for a week, having taken advantage of a good weather window immediately after leaving Bundaberg.

Last stop: Holmes Reef West

We had spent the previous three weeks anchored in front of various islets, always with a strip of land however small to hide behind. This time we were sheltered behind a reef wall with only tiny little sand cays that disappear at high tide and tend to shift with the seasons, so are not even…