Christchurch Update! Due to the devastating earthquake in Lyttleton, Christchurch, we will not be going there, instead we will travel back to Wellington before heading north again to Auckland. The news here is all about the earthquake, we were due to sail into Lyttleton and ride the Trans Alpine Express train, although the port is working, the infrastructure is not and we will not be able to dock there. We were very saddened to here about the earthquake, the...

Our last night on board the Queen Elizabeth was a short sleep, we woke at 5 am to go out on deck to meet the arrival of Queen Mary to follow her into Sydney Harbour for our royal rendezvous. It was the first time that Queen Elizabeth had been to Sydney and it was very emotional for us too, we were looking forward to changing ships, everyone said we had saved the best ship until last to complete our world voyage, the majestic Queen Mary, but we had made many fri...