Akaroa I was awoken by the sounds of the tenders being lowered. I though this was a good sign – it could mean that we were preparing to abandon ship, but more likely it meant we had anchored in Akaroa, and they were getting things in place for...
Anchored outside the Port of Dunedin In the Fog Happy St Patrick’s Day! Well, despite my efforts I was unable to get an update on the baseball cap incident yesterday. We may never know what really triggered the alarm. The man whose cap was...
Fiordland New Zealand The Baseball Cap Incident When we looked out the window this morning we were in Milford Sound. So that everyone could get to see the sound, they opened up the front of decks 5 and 6, but it was jolly cold and windy, so we...
At Sea Beware the Ides of March It’s the Ides of March here, but will only be the Ides tomorrow back home. This is all very confusing. The weather has turned quite cold as we head further south, so no sunbathing today alas. I made up for it by...
At Sea We are back in the Tasman Sea again, but although we are heading into the “roaring forties”, it is not that stormy. However it is still too windy to sit comfortably out on deck. We spent the day inside. This gave me the opportunity to...
Melbourne Despite dire warnings about the weather, we woke up to a sunny, but cool day in Melbourne. We were able to get straight off the ship once the gangway was in place on deck 2. The cruise terminal was rather minimal, only having a tacky...
At Sea No Opera House this morning – just water all around us with no land in sight. With 1000 new passengers the ship has a totally different feel. Was I that bewildered when I first came on board QV in 2008? I think not – maybe it was because...
Sydney Day 2 It’s not every day that you wake up to the Sydney Opera House outside your window, but it has now been 2 days in a row. I do love cruises! We had an early start, and walked to Darling Harbour. It has been great seeing all the sights...
Sydney Day 1 Yesterday I woke up to an angry sea outside our room; today I woke up to see the Sydney Opera House right outside our window. Now there’s a first for me! We had to go through immigration in Sydney, so with bad memories of going...
At Sea We had quite a bumpy night, it was lovely to lie in bed and be rocked by the waves. When I awoke this morning and looked outside, it looked just like we were in the middle of a winter transatlantic crossing – just my kind of weather. The...
At Sea Despite the Commodore’s warning there doesn’t seem to have been too much movement last night. However, it is still raining, and the Commodore described the swell as “confused”. The ship is pitching and rolling, but sitting here in the...
Bay of Islands, New Zealand Well, our rain making skills are not rusty; they were working a charm today. It was pouring when we arrived, and it rained on and off all day. Apparently there has been a bit of a drought here, so the locals were very...