arrived early this am very happy on board. tied up in brisbane river.

great 24hours sailing. Now only 140nm to go. Should be in in the morning. All happy on board.

motored most of yesterday in flat,calm seas sailed in WNW SE kicked in 3.30am lightning all around us. All well on board 310nm to go to Quarantine dock Brisbane river marina.

beautiful stars and half moon calm seas, light breeze so motoring. In a hurry. All well on board 426nm to go.

lovely starry night a few showers early on. Beautiful day downwind sailing. Lost the wind at 3.00am so motor on. Very calm seas. All well on board. 575nm to go.

All well on board. At times beautiful starry night at times rain. No wind until mid pm and have been sailing along wing on wing since.

motoring since lunchtime yesterday with brief period early this am sailing due to rain showers. All well on board.

wind swung back to sth midday yesterday so turned to head for Brisbane. Beautiful sail with lots of stars overnight and about to have a beautiful sunrise. 955nm to go

Motored most of yesterday and switched it off around 6.00pm fiji time when the SW winds kicked in. We are slowly sailing Sth waiting for the SE winds which may not be until very late tonight. Beautiful starry night with only 1 light shower of rain. All veryhappy and well on board.

starry night,beautiful sailing until midnight and then had to turn the motor on. May have 2 days of this which was predicted. All well on board.

Had to motor for a few hours last night as wind swung to nose and died. Sailing beautifully now. 1294nm to go. All well on board.

departed Navular Passage Fiji at noon yesterday sailing directly to Brisbane entering Moreton Bay via the North and clearing customs up Brisbane River. 1429nm to go. good wind for sailing, had second reef and only half genoa out and still doing 7knts. overnight slightly rough with a few waves over the boat. sun just about to rise. All well on board. Great to be back in the water and on our way again.

unfortunately turned back to sort a problem. All well on board. rained hard yesterday and light rain a lot of the night.

172nm to Vuda Point Marina

good progress over night wind just dropped so slowed. still 90% cloud cover. All well on board.

wind has only just dropped. They had nice sailing overnight. Only 1220 nm to go to Southport

motored until midnight Fiji time then again for 1 hour early this now sailing. rained for 10 minutes early this am. looks as though all the rain is behind us now. calm night.

left Vuda Point Marina after lunch and sailing directly to South Port QLD. Motor sailing at present the wind is trying to pick up. Our wind instrument unfortunately isn't working and it was new last year.

great sail all the way came in through Navula passage around midnight and anchored in Momi Bay moving up to Vunda Point this morning. Beautiful sunny morning

great sailing wing on wing some stars, cloud and light rain overnight all well on board.

beautiful nights sail some stars and moon for a brief time. Now lightly raining. All well on board. 415nm to go to Vunda Point Marina

clearing out of Tongatapu this morning and leaving for Fiji Vunda Point. Sophie left 3.00am in the pouring rain. Very wet dinghy ride to dock.

motoring from Atata island to Tongatapu at UTC 18.30 great sail yesterday choppy swell but not as bad as had anticipated. all great on board

left Haafeva early this am heading to Tongatapu 65nm to go to Pangaimoto Big Mummas anchorage Beautiful sunrise,

beautiful sunrise about to move to Haafeva and leave early tomorrow for Tongatapu

beautiful day yesterday,moving to another is today.

sun came out 10.00am yesterday am so had a magic day on bird island all nesting with eggs.

filling the water tanks, will have a lazy am and then move to another Is. Wind swang from NE back around to SSE now. Some heavy rain and quite a lot of lightning last night. good morning for a book and chats over coffee maybe some games

great sail yesterday. Anchored at Hafeva Island will head to Pangai or Foa today.

on route from Nukalofa to Ha'pais. Will probably stop at Hafeva tonight if this wind continues. Beautiful beam reach sailing. 62nm to go to Hafeva

Just spent weekend anchored off Fukave is, beautiful. Picking Soph and Liv up tonight and leaving for Ha'pais after plane gets in about 3.00am

great few days on Eua Island, heading around to Fukave island this am.

Beautiful sunrise, very calm magic morning

beautiful sunrise waiting for family to arrive next week then head back to Ha'pais

rain this am calm night great day yesterday.

Back in the Ha'pais moving up to Foa Isand this morning after checking in.

heavy rain sat. night and yesterday. great for filling water tanks. picking up family late to night sailing back to Ha'pais tomorrow am

great sail yesterday wind 20knts ENE or less swell 1M or less with an occasional gentle swell from a larger wave.

lovely day yesterday snorkeling and running beautiful sunny morning

beautiful sunny morning

m calm here. Looking to head to tongatapu. Yesterday gribs looked best for Mon Today swell looks quieter today. Would David have a look at heading South to Tongatatapu over the next few days please? Thanks

lovely day yesterday despite the rain, snorkeled the pass which was very good, the whales were singing in the background and played scrabble in the pm. moving today further South and looking to head to Tongatapu on sunday.

another amazing whale spotting day and greathike around Uoleva then catching up with friends last night. Yet another rainy day today. Just have to snorkel in the rain.

heading down to Uoleva Is this morning was hoping for a sunny day to snorkel the east reef

perfect day yesterday and today rain.

perfect day yesterday and today rain.

beutiful sun rise lovely sail down sat. night started in gentle rain but soon turned into a starry night.

calm night beautiful anchorage ecit Hunga lagoon at high tide late pm and sailing to the Ha'pais

beautiful sunrise this am. Enjoyed a rest during the rain reading, playing scrabble, and watching The Peking Battles Cape Horn and Deep Water about Donald Crowhurst. Great movie but what a sad story. Rare few days for haven.

rained most of the day and on and off during the night,wind picked up late pm and early night but not very strong. Very protected here.

calm rain set in last night has been falling steadily all morning, day for reading. maybe Sat to the Ha'Pais

wind stopped during the night very light rain calm. great day hiking yesterday and SUP. Looking to head bacj to the Ha'pais. ?friday night.

light rain last night protected here calm

calm no wind last night anchored off neifau beautiful morning

light rain late yesterday pm and early hours of this am. moving this am. looking for a good time to head back to the Hapais.

windy night but calm and protected in here

windy night but well protected here and calm Great walk into and out of Neiafu yesterday.

Having a wonderful time checking out the different anchorages. Enjoyed David's weather lesson yesterday

great day cycling yesterday was hoping to go again today but looks like rain for a while. On mooring ball in Neiafu .

beautiful calm slow sail poled out overnight just coming in through the islands to Vavua. 8nm to go to Neifu

started raining last night stayed anchored off Ha'apai beach resort yesterday. Hope to leave for Vavua Thursday afternoon.

loving the Ha'apais calm night light rain overnight

pretty spot calm night warmest day so far

anchored off Lifuka Pangai. Moving this morning probably to Tatafa Island 8nm south Vavua sometime next week

calm night 2 great sunny days one at the agriculture show the other cycling to north end.

beautiful sail here sunday spent 2 nights anchored off Uoleva. Beautiful walk around island and kayaking.

anchored off Upnukuhihifo Island rained on and off all day yesterday. Spent the day on the boat. Luckily walked around the island the pm before

still anchored Ha'afeva

great sail yesterday anchored off Ha'afeva

anchored at Fonoifua moving today

still at anchor Numuka Iki maybe going to Fonoifua Is.

still anchored at Numuka Iki

great sail yesterday from Kefelesia to Nomuka Iki. Protected anchorage,4 yachts here, good nights sleep

anchored Kelefesia Is. gentle roll. moving on this am

anchored Big Mummas heading to ha'aips tomorrow

at anchor

Anchored near Big Mummas

In Whangarei Town Basin Marina nearly ready to depart for Tonga with next weather window.

0900-just left Vuda Point Marina.Sailing 6+ knots into SSE ,on our way to NZ.Final passage in a great 12 months of sailing,Trinidad,Panama,South Pacific.

0900-just left Vuda Point Marina.Sailing 6+ knots into SSE ,on our way to NZ.Final passage in a great 12 months of sailing,Trinidad,Panama,South Pacific.

Vuda Point Marina.Waiting for weather window to NZ