A lazy last day, went down to the harbour for lunch where we had been […]
Day 33 Auckland 2nd day 17th Feb
Today was a chance to see a little more of the city by doing the […]
Day 32 Auckland 1st day 16th Feb
Weather looked promising when we woke up this morning, but by the time we were […]
Day 31 Disembark Ship15th Feb
Up early for breakfast at 6am but didn’t leave the ship until 10. Passed through […]
Day 30 Bay of Islands 14th Feb
Watched the sun rise at the Bay of Islands. It’s what it says on the […]
Day 29 SeaDay 13th Feb
Slow and relaxing day at sea. Ship moving slowly through a calm sea on a […]
Day 28 Tauranga 12th Feb
An easy start to the day as the ship docked at Tauranga at around 11am. […]
Day 27 Napier 11th Feb
Happy New Year (of the dragon)! Last night an interesting cocktail with burning cinnamon sticks […]
Day 26 Wellington 10th Feb
Last night was a visit to the cocktail bar and another show. This morning we […]
Day 25 Christchurch 9th Feb
The ship docked at 8am at Lyttleton just outside Christchurch and by 8.30 we were […]
Day 24 Dunedin 8th Feb
Up at 6 for an early breakfast as we sailed into Port Chalmers, with it’sview […]
Day 23 SeaDay The Sounds 7th Feb
Up at 6 for an early breakfast as our day was to start at 7. […]
Day 22 SeaDay 6th Feb
Saw s colourful show in the theatre last night. This morning started a little cooler […]
Day 21 SeaDay 5th Feb
Overcast day, but still warm. The sea is a little rough with 12 foot swells […]
Day 20 Chinese Garden and Ship Boarding 4th Feb
Another hot and sunny morning. We had a couple of hours to fill in between […]
Day 19 Maritime Museum 3rd Feb
Today we visited the maritime museum a short walk from our hotel. We had passed […]
Day 18 Bondi Beach 2nd Feb
Hot and sunny start to the day. We took another open top bus tour which […]
Day 17 Blue Mountains Tour 1st Feb
Up at 6 and no time for breakfast as we had to walk to meet […]
Day 16 City Bus Tour 31st Jan
Just before we mention the day’s activities you’ll see from the first picture that we […]
Day 15 Flying Brisbane to Sydney 30th Jan
A short 20 minute drive to the airport to Hand the car back and check […]
Day 14 River Boat Ride 29th Jan
A dry but hot and humid start to the day, so we decided to use […]
Day 12 Easy Wet Day 28th Jan
As you can see from the pictures, we opened the blind this morning and the […]
Day 11 – Warner Bros Theme Park 27th Jan
Woke up to sunny blue skies so decided to try the theme park. We arrived […]
Day 10 – Surfer’s Paradise 26th Jan
A hot humid and wet day today, so took an easy option and took a […]
Day 9 – Flying Cairns to Brisbane 25th Jan
A lazy day today flying to Brisbane. For that last week there has been concern […]
Day 8 – Aquarium Visit 24th Jan
Hot and humid day in Cairns ( Northern Queensland has two seasons a year, the […]
Day 7 – Waterfalls, wetlands and skyrail 23rd Jan
Today we were doing a tour out of Cairns. Since the devastating cyclone and floods […]
Day 6 – Great Barrier Reef 22nd Jan
An early breakfast and then a short taxi drive to take us to the reef […]
Day 5 – Melbourne to Cairns 21st Jan
Melbourne in the summer is like Edinburgh, the clouds come in from the sea, so […]
Day 4 – Melbourne 20th Jan
Royal Victoria Botanic gardens The sunniest and warmest day yet with a mid afternoon temperature […]
Day 3 – Melbourne 19th Jan
Ferry to St Kilda and Eureka Skydeck A later start this morning and decided to […]
Day 2 – Melbourne 18th Jan
The Great Ocean Road We got up at 6am in order to have breakfast at […]
Day 1 – Melbourne 17th Jan
Woke up at about 6.30 and turned on the news to hear severe weather warnings […]
Singapore Airport and Arrival in Melbourne
Up and an early breakfast to get back into Heathrow airport for 8am. Flight with […]