Logbook · entries
The logbook
Longer notes that do not fit on a fact page — the history behind a name, the mechanics of a reef morning, the building inside the building. Each entry is dated and sourced.
The name on the door29 October 2026
Sofitel, then Pullman, now The Reef Hotel Casino in Accor's Handwritten Collection. What changed, what we could confirm, and what it means when you book.
Wharf Street to the outer reef28 October 2026
A reef morning from a room on Wharf Street, written against one operator's published check-in times — and what to leave in the room.
The Customs House and the casino27 October 2026
A 1936 customs house by Robert Henry Bowen, folded into a 1996 casino, and a rooftop dome that closed in 2023.
Corrections to any entry go to the editor; when a fact changes, the entry is updated and its date moves.