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Day 33 Feb 8 Cairns The camera store we know in Cairns, and one other, failed the task too. No camera hood in Cairns – it had to be ordered in. But we did learn that if Camera House had had it, it would have been $25.00 cheaper than the same item from Ted’s Camera Store. Now it looks like...

Day 31 Feb 6 Off Bundaberg A special breakfast today. It was a bloody mary, champagne and caviar breakfast. Bloody marys at 9.00am go down rather well but I can't get used to how Americans put everything, sweet or savoury, on the one plate for breakfast. I have to admit though that caviar...

Day 30 Feb 5 Brisbane We were on a mission in Brisbane to pick up a camera shade hood. We’d been into Ted’s Camera store in Sydney which didn’t have one but were assured, after the sales guy checked his computer, that they had plenty to Brisbane. We got the Silversea shuttle bus into town and...

And now we head to Bali via Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin and Komodo. But there is talk of a low in the Coral Sea on Friday/Saturday. Turtle 2 says I should not look at weather forecasts!

Day 28 Feb 3 Sydney On Day 2 in Sydney the sun came out and the and we trudged off for more shopping. It was mainly things like toothpaste and vegemite. We had lunch with Turtle 2’s sister and her husband at Baccamatto Osteria in Riley St hoping for a very good meal. It didn’t let us down. It...

Ditto Mrs drron! I asked Chef David to say hello to you both so if he hasn't you can give him a reminder. Hope your weather is as good as ours at the moment.

In the evening Silversea had arrange to take around 150 of us to a performance of La Boheme at the Opera House. They put on a Captain Cook cruises boat to take us to Man of War steps and the booze flowed freely on the way. The Opera was good and very well sung but the production was a little...

Day 27 Feb 2 Sydney After an amazingly flat crossing of the Tasman for two and a half days from Auckland we hit some rougher weather in the last half day as we approached Sydney. It was a long way from seriously rough, but it made a big change. In fact, it has been basically flat seas since...

Quite probably it was us RB. We are now approaching Coffs Harbour and it is just after noon but we are still well out to sea. I hope you waved anyway!

Ditto for me but I've had a good meal there in the distant past. Service was very good and the wine list fine..just the food bombed lol We wanted somewhere easily walkable. We also thought of Euro. Next time is right... :)

Day 23, January 29, Auckland. We are now starting to motor across the Tasman towards Sydney having just passed Cape Reinga. Motoring is a relative word as we are doing a leisurely 14.5 knots. The sea has immediately got a much bigger swell as we pass the top of NZ. Yesterday was Tuesday so it...

These weren't ours of course. I took the photos on someone else's table. :) :) :) (The devil made us do it!) Chocolate brownie Ginger crème brulee.

For Australia Day yesterday, Silversea put on a coughtail party. It was officially for Australians and friends. There were more friends there than Australians but that was fine. I can't say it was the free booze that got them along as it is free, or rather, included, everywhere. I am sure that...

More Tonga. Our bus had seen better days. It was held together by wire and string and I'm sure the view through the side mirror wasn't the best. Cemeteries were all very colourful. The Catholic Cathedral is in the background. Tomatoes at 30 cents a pile. Plantains.

Rush hour on Deck 9.

Day 19, Jan 25, Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga. We’ve had a three-day sail from Rarotonga to Tonga. At least, it was three days by the calendar but in reality, two days as we crossed the International Date Line and are now on NZ time. The weather continues to be very good and the seas smooth. We’ve...

Sir Edward Ford also taught Turtle 2 in Public Health. He describes him as a character! On Ettie Rout we found her grave when we visited the island 10 years ago. It was in the very back row of the Cook Island Christian Church graveyard because she apparently committed suicide in 1936 by a...

Day 16 Jan 21 Rarotonga, Cook Islands.. We have been here once before and had a good day, 10 years ago, snorkeling. This time we decided to just go for a walk around town and also visit a cemetery to see the grave of one of Turtle 2's heroes, a woman who saved many lives in WW1 with her...

I forgot to put the map of our second segment up so here goes. I am totally frustrated by the state of our internet access which is the worst of any cruise we have taken. I'm told the reason is satellite access in a relatively remote location coupled with the fact that on a Silversea world...