Carnival Spirit Tuesday 9 July 2013 Noumea New Caledonia.

Posted on 10/07/2013 by Greg
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 be seen.
After breakfast we all got off the ship around 9am and got a shuttle bus to the main Shipping Terminal. Our boat is so big it had to park at the Container wharf. Continue reading →
Number of Views :20519
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Carnival Spirit Our Pacific Cruise Monday 8 July 2013 At Sea

Posted on 09/07/2013 by Greg
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 at S026 deg 21.3 mins  E161 deg 30.3 mins as I write this bit before we head out. Ben was talking of having Fillet Mignon and eggs to start the day. We will see. Continue reading →
Number of Views :5171
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Carnival Spirit Our Pacific Cruise July 2013 Day 1 and 2

Posted on 08/07/2013 by Greg
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 didn’t want to join us and in the end Laura had her first Marathon run up at the Gold Coast the weekend we left-more on that later)
We all met out at Adelaide Airport at around 4:30pm on Friday. Continue reading →
Number of Views :5316
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Our families Pacific Island Cruise Carnival Spirit Friday 5th July to Tuesday 16th July 2013

Posted on 19/06/2013 by Greg

15 sleeps until we all board a plane for Sydney and the start of another adventure. Continue reading →

Number of Views :7848
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Kangaroo Island 18 to 22 May 2013 Southern Ocean Lodge

Posted on 24/05/2013 by Greg

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 of the guides from Southern Ocean Lodge. Continue reading →

Number of Views :34208
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India October/November 2013

Posted on 03/05/2013 by Deborah

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 :4331
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Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, April 2013

Posted on 12/04/2013 by Greg

 

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 hour drive north. Since we couldn’t check in too early at the caravan park, we took a detour via Kadina. Continue reading →

Number of Views :6838
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12 March 2013 Wellington NZ

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Greg

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 adventures on their own for a few days. Continue reading →

Number of Views :3841
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Monday 11 March 2013 Wellington New Zealand

Posted on 12/03/2013 by Greg

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. Continue reading →

Number of Views :3862
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10 March 2013 Nelson to Picton and Wellington via the Interislander.

Posted on 11/03/2013 by Greg

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. Continue reading →

Number of Views :3772
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