Arrived around 8:30. Sunny but cool and breezy. I put on long trousers but after breakfast I changed into shorts. Today we all went on a P&O excursion called 'Tassie Taste Temptations'. We drove along the Bass Highway, through a town called Penguin (fairy penguins nest nearby), where the bins all have penguins on them, to a small chocolate factory called House of Anvers. This was started by a Belgian in the early '90's. All the chocolate here is hand m...

Early arrival to a fairly cool Melbourne. I was here for a few days last year and this time, I met Trish, a friend I met on the Serenade of the Seas last June. We had arranged to meet outside the port at 9:30 and amazingly I was in the right place at the right time. So was Trish, in fact she'd been there since 7:30, but hadn't put my number in her mobile. We went to Geelong (jelong, don't you know!). Her satnav took us on a long route that was about 90 minu...

Quite a lumpy night. Temperature was 18 when I woke up, but it was warm enough when Barbara and I walked our post-breakfast mile. People were going upstairs with towels, but we sat in Anderson's for the morning. After lunch I lost my quoits game. As usual after we both finish quoits, we went down for a cup of tea. Rob and Linda joined us. We both had a beer too. Lost the IQ. After dinner the saxophonist from Britain's Got Talent was on in the theatre,...

Another beautiful day, temperature in low to mid twenties. Woke up latish and after breakfast and a mile I sat out on deck 11 with Rob. He, Lin, Barb and I had lunch and then we sat out again until deck quoits time. It was humiliating. Because of the numbers playing and the fact that there are now only 3 courts, some games are played to 9 instead of 11. In my game, we played 4 ends, they scored 3, we scored 1, they scored 3 and 3 again. Shortest game of my illu...

Another warm and sunny day. Australian immigration day. I was supposed to go Masquerade's for my Aussie immigration check at 10:30. On my way to breakfast I passed by and as there was a tiny queue, I did it there and then. P&O once again have kept my passport. After breakfast I worked on my webpage on a laptop that is still miraculously working. That took until lunch, with a break for the World Cruisers Captain's Coffee Morning. He never turned up! ...