Oneidos amigos!
Your [. . .]ting tales of coral reef life so [. . .]ed us that we felt we couldn't wait until reaching Queensland, and took a plane to these handier[?] tropics.  But they are lovely, nonetheless, not only underwater but also on land, among palms and bougainvilleas and mangroves, where the anis[?] and the frigate birds play. M. is a very pleasant forum at the non-[. . .] W- and of P.R. with enough to keep us entertained and enlightened for at least a fortnight.  They even have a local M.B.L. nearby!
I trust you are surviving the long northern winter.  All the best. Ralph and Joyce.