Category Archives: 2019 UK, Iceland and Ireland

Carnival Spirit Tuesday 9 July 2013 Noumea New Caledonia.

We crawled out of bed around 7am and opened the curtains to find us sailing into Noumea, it was a bit strange seeing land again. The skies were a bit cloudy, but the storm of last night was nowhere to … Continue reading

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Carnival Spirit Our Pacific Cruise Monday 8 July 2013 At Sea

Monday 8 July 2013  At Sea (still)  We had a time zone change last night and the breakfast / lunch arrangements for today is a very long Brunch. We are way out to sea now, my phone GPS gives us … Continue reading

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Carnival Spirit Our Pacific Cruise July 2013 Day 1 and 2

Cruise Time 5 July 2013 We have been building up to this day for almost a year now. Our first big liner cruise, and we are sharing it with Ben and Carly and their families. (Pat and Laura decided they … Continue reading

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Our families Pacific Island Cruise Carnival Spirit Friday 5th July to Tuesday 16th July 2013

15 sleeps until we all board a plane for Sydney and the start of another adventure. Number of Views :7483

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Kangaroo Island 18 to 22 May 2013 Southern Ocean Lodge

18 May SOL Day 1 We managed to get to the airport ahead of time, no “Oooops” moments this trip. 🙂 After a short, 35 minute flight to Kingscote with Rex Airlines we were met at the airport by one … Continue reading

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India October/November 2013

We have just booked our holiday to India  later this year.  Doing a private tour of Rajasthan in the north, then Kerala in the south.  Can’t wait, so excited!! Number of Views :4062

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Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, April 2013

  This blog takes in our whole trip, so it is fairly long, we hope you enjoy our musings. 🙂 6 April 2013 Home to Port Victoria Yorke Peninsula  199km We got away around 8:50am for the easy 2 1/2 … Continue reading

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12 March 2013 Wellington NZ

Today is our next to last day in New Nealand for this holiday. At 7:30 we were knocking on John and Georgie’s door to collect them and take them out to the airport for their flight to Auckland, and more … Continue reading

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Monday 11 March 2013 Wellington New Zealand

We got off to a slow start today. Left the hotel at 9:20 and headed off for a bit of exploring. First stop was the Botanic Gardens and a ride on the Wellington Cable Car. Number of Views :3653

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10 March 2013 Nelson to Picton and Wellington via the Interislander.

Our day really got going at 7:30am, we hit the road to Picton, 148 km away to catch the 10:30 Interislander Ferry. We had to be there 1 hour before sailing time. Number of Views :3547

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