Coolish start to the day, still warm enough for shorts and t shirts though. Breakfast with Barb and a mile together. Picked up my passport from reception as we need it in NZ. Sat in Anderson's with Barbara until lunch time, when the clocks went forward an hour to GMT +13. Battle of the Sexes then. Men lost this one, but Andrew joined Ruth to host it and it was much more fun. I lost in the first round of the quoits but was the 'lucky loser', so played ...

Slept really well last night but was woken at 7:00 by my new neighbours and the sea getting rougher. Spent the morning sorting out my photo's and web page. The clocks went forward an hour at noon to GMT +12. They do it at noon, so the staff still get their full nights sleep. It was the first Battle of the Sexes of this sector. More fun than last sector, but not yet as good as the first two sectors. Only Ruth was running it today as Andrew had rehearsal...

Well, not a good start to the day. After a not particularly restful night, I woke up with a slight headache to overcast skies. The original plan was to take a ferry to Manly Beach and have a beach day. In the event, Rob and Linda decided to do their own thing and the rest of us met at the usual place (Costa Coffee) to decide what we'd do, because of the weather. We didn't actually do much! The four of us took the free bus to Paddy's Market, a large two st...

We arrived about half an hour late at 7:20, due to traffic and harbour authority request. We followed Sun Princess in, but she went under the Harbour Bridge to dock. We would normally berth at Circular Quay but Carnival Legend was already there, so we moored a couple of miles away with a stunning view of the city. Today's picture was taken from deck 14 at 8:15. Linda had done her leg in again, so there were only five of us exploring Sydney. After a visit ...

Cool and quite choppy today. The first day of week 8. I discovered yesterday after I'd uploaded my blog that Reta Panter had died. I'd known her all my life, she used to live next door but one to me and she used to go to school with my mum. My thoughts are with her husband and three daughters. Spent the morning sorting out my website and then taking pictures of the ship. People complained that my last blog used the same few pictures for sea days, so I'm try...