The last sea day of the sector. We were expecting a fairly dull day, but we had a wonderful sunny day. So that meant another day of sunbathing. However, it's not continuous lying in the sun. After breakfast and walking a mile, I grab a sun bed on the Terrace Deck and lie there for about an hour and a half. Then I grab a coffee and take it in to the Battle of the Sexes (the men finally lost today, a new battle starts after Sydney). After that its lunch wit...

We had to be processed by Australian Immigration today. We were each given a manifest number and I was 1216. We think it was organised by deck, top to bottom. As I wanted to have a go at the Individual Quiz at 10.15 and thought I might have been called during it, I went during the 651 - 800 call. No problems, through in 15 minutes. The ship seems to be travelling at just over 20 knots and the wakes from both engines seem to be as strong as each other tod...

The ship has been making some strange juddering motions and noises. It's very noticeable when I'm in bed and the ship is travelling fast, but you can feel it at low speeds too. We arrived on time, to a warm and sunny Wellington. We were told later, that the weather was slightly unusual. Barbara, Rob, Linda and I went into town on the free shuttle. We stilled along the harbour walk to the Te Papa museum. After some time in there, we had lunch in a local p...

We arrived at lunchtime. It was quite cool. There were some old cars on the dockside. Barbara and I took the shuttle into town. It's quite a small place and was destroyed in an earthquake in the 30's. It was rebuilt in Art Deco style. The sun came out and we just strolled about the town. The main shopping street is also the main Art Deco street. After a drink in the Provincial Hotel, we wandered along to the aquarium. It was quite small but it was O...

Got off the ship early to send off last lot of blogs and emails. Even had a reply from Phai whilst I was at it. Dropped my iPad back into my cabin and then went back ashore to try and find Gary. Tracey is in Mexico. The Sea Princess was also in port, so I was concerned that Gary wouldn't know which ship I was on. In the event, he was waiting for me and we set off together. We went to the gannet colony at Muriwai. It was quite interesting. On the beach...