Our Antarctic Adventure begins! It was another early start today, with a 4am wake up call so we could be at the airport by 6.50am. We got there very early, but managed to easily waste the time by getting breakfast and doing some last minute Facebook posts. I'm not going to go into much detail about the flight, except for a couple of things. I got a window seat, and the route we took meant I watched as we flew over the Dandenongs (didn't find my house though!) t...

So we're now at the end of our trip. I can't believe it's gone so fast! Nothing much has happened the last couple of days, as we've been at sea. It's given me a chance to use the balcony as a reading nook which has been really relaxing. We've also had our second formal night which included the traditional Bombe Alaska parade in the dining room (sooo yummy!) and a ventriloquist as entertainment who was incredibly funny (and a Melbournite which gave him extra point...

Back in New Caledonia for our last port day today at Noumea, the capital. Mel was on a tour again, which left me, Robyn and Adam to do our own thing for the day. The ship was docked at a working pier so we had to get a shuttle bus to a nearby tourist information centre, rather than us getting into town by ourselves. There were lots of tour companies offering their services, and we managed to find an all day hop-on hop-off shuttle for $5 so we grabbed tickets. Th...

Ok, I know I said that the scenery was the best yesterday, but they really saved the absolute best for last. Today was our last day in Fiji and we spent it at a small island to the south of Viti Levu (the largest Fijian Island, and the one where Suva is). Dravuni is less than 1 square kilometre in area and is home to a village of about 200 people and that's about it. The ship was anchored off the coast, and pretty much the passengers got the whole island to ourse...

Another tour today, and another wonderful day. Robyn, Adam and I went to a local village, home of the chief of Savusavu. I have seen plenty of postcard worthy scenery, but we just keep getting better and better and today's was by far the best. We arrived by tender at Savusavu and were bundled onto another un-air conditioned bus, but this was only a short ride to the local village. We were welcomed with a Bula (welcome) song and a flower wreath much like a lei. (...