Today was a lovely, low-key day. We were waiting for the lift to go down to breakfast, and when the doors opened, a voice said "Colleen!" And it was Janine, the lady from Coffs Harbour that I met yesterday, and because we were all going to the buffet level of the dining room, we got to sit at the same table. It was so nice - she and her husband are soooo nice and I didn't think I'd get to see them again. She's another 1956 baby. We all got chatting at the table, ...

After last night's huge dinner we decided to have breakfast in our room - I just wanted sultana bran and fruit with no temptations. We then went searching for somewhere to read by a window, and the only inside place we could find was way up on deck 13. I sat and read whilst Tom did his art class, and I met a lovely couple from Coffs Harbour. We then met up for a couple of slices of pizza for lunch, and checked out the shop specials for today. This afternoon we re...

This morning when we woke we were already docked in Brisbane and planes were landing across the river from our cabin. We had breakfast in the a-la-carte section of the dining room, as opposed to the buffet on the floor below. We even had a table for two. It was lovely. After breakfast we wandered around, watching the passengers leaving for shore excursions, or being met by family and friends. Later on in the morning we wandered down to the schooner bar where they...

Nice quiet day - after our lovely brekky we relaxed and read on our balcony - Tom finished his Wilbur Smith and I've almost finished my Mothers Day Nora Roberts book. We also had lunch on our balcony before napping this afternoon Later in the day we went over to Four Mile Beach and saw the netted area for swimming. Then we went to The Mexican for dinner. I had crispy squid fajitas (and a Margherita), and Tom had 3 tacos: beef, Baja fish and duck (and a Mexican be...

So ..... This morning I remembered to take my phone to Brekky so I could photograph our lovely setting. After Brekky we returned to our unit where we booked ourselves on an inlet cruise this afternoon, relaxed, rested, napped and read till lunch.We thought we'd go to the Mexican for lunch, but it's closed till 3pm - so we'll go there for dinner tomorrow night. We then continued down to The Tin Shed for lunch where I was allowed to have oysters before the fisherma...