Day 50 - Monday March 4, 2024, Darwin, Australia Arrival 08:30 Overnight in Port Four straight sea days and the passengers are anxious to leave the ship. The Seabourn Sojourn is docked in the Port of Darwin as well as its sister ship, Seabourn Odyssey (capacity on these ships are 450 passengers) at the city's cruise terminal. Ray our cruise director indicated our arrival would be delayed by an hour. There was only one tour scheduled today as we were not ...

Day 48 - Saturday March 2, 2024, Thursday Island Arrival 07:00 All Aboard 07:30 Departure 20:00 Another day another port cancelled. Insignia arrived at 07:00 but was in a stationary position. The winds were not as strong as Cooktown and the seas were calm. However, it is not good when the captain comes over the intercom as its usually bad news unless its his daily noon update. Due to the position of the ship, the port authority and the reef pilot on board...

Day 44 - Tuesday February 27, 2024, Airlie Beach Australia Arrival 8:00 All Aboard 15:45 Departure 16:15 We arrive in Airlie Beach to torrential rains. It is coming down in buckets. We are not sure whether the 2 private tours we had booked will be a go. We need to use the private ferry boats to shuttle passengers to shore. After clearing customs, the first ferry carrying passengers on the ship tours at 08:30 left the ship. We meet up with our friends Bev and...

Day 41 - Saturday February 24, 2024, Newcastle Australia Arrival 7:00 All Aboard 17:30 Departure 18:00 The rain that started in Sydney yesterday has followed us up the coast to Newcastle. It was raining so hard I was unable to take any pictures of the landscape or the harbour entrance. It is good that Janice has booked a cheese and wine tour today. I on the other hand took the shuttle into town for a look see. The city is located at the mouth of the river H...

Day 46 - Thursday February 29, 2024, Cooktown, Australia Arrival 07:00 All Aboard 16:30 Departure 17:00 You are always at the mercy of the ocean when tender operations are necessary to reach a port. This is what happened today in Cooktown. We arrived on schedule and the anchor was dropped. Insignia was facing directly into a strong wind although a decision had not yet been made as to what will happen today. The platform is down and the ship's extended ar...