Anui & Roobi off to far-flung destinations

There is always a plan for an expedition, but whether we get the weather is often the big question. Well we did. Anui and Roobi are off to far-flung destinations: several atolls located in the southern part of the Coral Sea, beyond the Great Barrier Reef.

Swain Reefs - Mystery Reef aerial

Swain Reefs Foray

Last week we left you at Storm Reef, the start of the Swain network. In all we had five days of calm easterly weather which we used to explore several more reefs. Let’s go for a foray into the central-west part of the Swain Reefs.

Pain, Claim, Swain

Three words to describe our past week: Pain, Claim, Swain. What is this about, you ask? Pain refers to Wade’s shingles affliction, Claim is about the insurance assessor’s review, and Swain is where we have returned to on our way south!