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What can I say. This is what happens when a pandemic gets in the way of your travel plans for a couple of years. So in January 2021 we booked a cruise – from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London – by way of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Mumbai, Rome. You get the picture. So buckle up buttercup and let’s see how this all plays out.
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One additional note. Our cruise ship has wifi. It’s supposed to work in the middle of the ocean. But I’m not sure how much bandwidth we’ll have to upload photos and videos, so posts might be delayed from time to time. Bear with me and we’ll see what we can do.
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The day started out as a bright, warm day with a slight breeze. A bit about where we are: The Torres Strait is the narrow crossing between the tip top of Australia and the southernmost part of New Guinea. As I mentioned yesterday, it is also the place where the Pacific Ocean and the Indian […]
Noon Report: Location: S 14° 08.06′, E 144° 30.13′ Speed: 15.5 knots Course: 295º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: SSE 14 knots, 16 mph Today we’re sailing up the last of Australia’s east coast with the continent on our port side and the GBR on our starboard side. Our reef pilot
Noon Report: Location: S 16° 55.65′, E 145° 46.83′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Rain Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: SSE 8 knots, 9mph Interesting morning. Cheryl’s cough/sinus issue has moved down to her chest. (This sometimes happens, and it’s never a good – or quick – thing.) So…On the way to breakfast we
Noon Report: Location: S 20° 13.35′, E 148° 44.45′ Speed: At Anchor Course: At Anchor Weather: Rain Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: ESE 20 knots As promised… We presented ourselves in the Theatre at 8:45 for our excursion and waited just a bit until they called our group. We trooped down to the tender
Noon Report: Location: S 22° 54.15′, E 152° 00.92′ Speed: 14 knots Course: 316º Weather: Cloud cover Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: ESE 19 knots This will be the most boring post yet. Up at the usual time. Cheryl continued to sleep off the effects of yesterday while i got up and hit the
Noon Report: Location: S 26° 39.99′, E 153° 08.23′ Speed: At Anchor Course: At Anchor Weather: Clear Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: ESE 10 knots We arrived at Mooloolaba (pronounced mah LOO lah bah) harbor this morning and began deploying the tenders (life boats). When that happens it becomes “yo-yo day” on Deck 2.
Noon Report: Location: S 30° 27.41′, E 153° 31.33′ Speed: 14 knots Course: 10º Weather: Clear Temperature: 24º C, 76º F Wind: NNE, 17 knots Today we had the annual stockholders’ meeting for a family business. The meeting was Friday at 9:00 am Mountain time. That’s Saturday at 3:00 am in Sydney or 2:00 am
Noon Report: Location: S 33° 51.75′, E 151° 11.08′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Clear Temperature: 23º C, 73º F Wind: NE, 10 knots We had one excursion booked today and it didn’t leave until 1:00 so we took the opportunity to start the day a bit slowly. Exercised and breakfasted we hopped the ship-provided
Noon Report: Location: S 33° 51.76′, E 151° 11.08′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Clear Temperature: 22º C, 72º F Wind: NE, 8 knots Looking back on it today was an incredibly huge day. It started at 5:15 a.m. when our alarm went off. We were up and in the Explorer’s Lounge shortly after 5:30
Noon Report: Location: S 37° 04.42′, E 149° 54.44′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Clear skies Temp: 65º F / 18º C Wind: NE 10 knots We’re gettin’ so so lazy! We looked at the schedule today, and reviewed the port talk description of our excursion, and decided that we’d get plenty of walking in