Monthly Archives: November 2017

We finally returned to Sydney after 11 days cruising around New Zealand.  The Sydney Opera House was outside my balcony when I woke this morning. What an amazing place.  Linda and Stan are staying with us one night before they fly home.  Bruce and I have another five days.  Our Airbnb is quite cute.  ItContinue reading “Staying in Camperdown”

Today we anchored in the Bay of Islands in Northern New Zealand.  This was a beautiful area although we did not get to see the blue green waters because the sky was cloudy and gray.  But even so, it had the majestic feel that so many bays have where the mountains come nearly to theContinue reading “Dolphins- Dolphins and More Dolphins”

I woke up with a migraine this morning and when I looked out my balcony window at the port, I decided to sleep in a bit more.  Auckland has to be one of the ugliest ports so far. Once I was up though, I was committed to give Auckland a try.  We didn’t book anything,Continue reading “Easy Does It Today in New Zealand”

Today I was looking forward to seeing a friend I made during a Transatlantic crossing two years ago.  So often we meet people and promise to keep in touch but never do.  Now with Facebook it is so much easier to maintain some form of communication.  So we coordinate a time and place and IContinue reading “A Friend in Dunedin”

I wasn’t expecting much when the itinerary said we would cruise through Milford, Doubtful, and Dusky Sounds but there would be no landfalls today.  So what I woke up to this morning was majestic mountains rising from the blue green waters of the sea.   The sun was just shining through as I stepped outContinue reading “The Sounds of Fiordland”

It was an action filled three weeks touring Australia seeing Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas and of course the Great Barrier Reef.  Sometimes it was tough driving for Bruce with his newly fractured clavicle, but he did a great job getting us everywhere in one piece.  However, he wasn’t too sad about relinquishing the automobile at CairnsContinue reading “Seabound to New Zealand”

If you travel to Australia, you must snorkel or dive the Great Barrier Reef.  It was the one adventure we planned for on this trip but we were worried about the weather.  No worries.  We had a great time out on Divers Den and great weather. We were the first to arrive.  In fact, twentyContinue reading “Snorkeling The Reef”

Linda and I can never have enough of the wildlife.  Whether it’s kangaroos, koalas even a scary croc, we’d be excited to see it.  Maybe a little too excited to see a croc.  So today we went for a hike in the Cattana Wetlands. It was a short drive from the condo although we didContinue reading “Searching for Marsupials and Platypus”

Today we decided to take it easy and relax by the pool. We woke up late, after a much needed night’s sleep. It’s been a lot of driving for Bruce and we hoped that he could go a day without driving. We went in the lukewarm jacuzzi and stayed in there awhile until we wereContinue reading “Chilling Out In Cairns”

One of the things we wanted to do in Rockhampton was visit Capricorn Caves formerly Olsen’s Caves.  The Olsen family owned the land the Caves were on for 100 years and sold it back in 1988.  They are dry Caves and there are many different chambers. Our guide for the tour, Lynda, lead us toContinue reading “Caving on Our Way Out of Town”