Skyline Circuit - Stony Bay Peak Yup. It's official. I have done my first NZ walk. Here is the proof. Beautiful scenery, lovely weather, four hour round trip including water and lunch breaks and best of all, I enjoyed it! Think Dann is quite relieved as he is hoping that we'll do a good many more. Akarao is beautiful. It was spectacular getting a ride into town from the boat to the pier, on a lifeboat, this morning. (The ship is too big to get too close.) We s...

The benefits of a fake marriage 1. No expensive wedding 2. Free cake Honeymoon cake number 2 - miles better than the first, sadly we had already had dessert - but I manfully gave it a go..... DW

Coffee and Cruising Second at sea day in a row and I'm enjoying a yummy cappuccino as I read about the New Zealand cities that we will be visiting. Spot of ballroom dancing this morning and afternoon tea to go to shortly before getting dressed for dinner and dancing later. All very civilised. LZ

Second Breakfast at the Museum of Melbourne Cruising strikes me as very agreeable so far. We arrived in Melbourne this morning early, although having breakfast delivered to the room did help to coax me out of bed. We love Melbourne, so it is a treat to have an extra day here. We've trammed it in from the port, seen the synagogue, walked through the Carlton Gardens and all before 10am. Must be time for a coffee stop. More blog entries to come regarding the on...

In the BB commentary style.... Daaaaaay 3, Leah & Dann are in Hobart. They are taking pictures of the lovely Tasmanian city where the cruise ship stopped. Dann is not feeling well, and Leah is looking after him. Here is one of the pictures they took. Cos they found it tickled their fancies. DW