Written by Alex Today started with a quiet breakfast at our studio apartment before heading out to ride the double decker Big Bus, which is a hop on, hop off tour of Sydney. We did most of the City Loop, which gave us an idea of the lay of the land, cool sights we would […]
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Day 46 – Brisbane brewery bouncing (11/1/19)
Written by Alex Today we decided we would do a tour of a few of Brisbane’s breweries. Brisbane is home to one of Australia’s largest beer makers, XXXX (Four X, not Quatro Equis!). They run tours daily, so we signed up to go on their 11am tour. When we woke up we ordered room service […]
Day 44 – Noosa National Park (10/30/19)
Written by Alex Today was a pretty quiet day in Noosa. As we have driven south we are noticing the temperatures cooling off (it’s springtime here in Australia). Today was nice with a high around 74F/23C. We decided to walk along the beach and then up into Noosa National Park, which is located just south […]
Day 42 – Fraser Island fun (10/28/19)
Written by Alex Our stop to Hervey Bay was for one basic purpose – to visit Fraser Island. Unlike Hamilton Island, which is a largely developed island loaded with things to do, Fraser Island is the opposite. Fraser Island is a 75 mile long by 15 mile wide sand island that is almost totally undeveloped […]
Day 40 – Golfing the amazing Hamilton Island Golf Club (10/26/19)
Written by Alex It’s hard to write and try to not be too over the top with the wows, amazements and gushes – especially when I do something like play Hamilton Island Golf Club. This place lived up to every expectation. The weather was picture perfect, the skies and water all a magnificent blue, and […]
Day 38 – Driving from Cairns to Hamilton Island – not without incident
Written by Alex Note: if you haven’t yet read day 36 or 37, scroll down and catch up first! Today was our first relocation by car – a 7.5 hour drive from Cairns to Airlie Beach and then an hour ferry ride from Port of Airlie to Hamilton Island. The drive was mostly without incident […]
Day 36 – Waterfalls and animals, lots of animals (10/22/19)
Written by Alex Wow, what a crazy busy three days! Lots to report so let’s get to it…. On Tuesday morning we decided to take a ride to a small local waterfall, Crystal Cascades. It was about a 20 minute drive and another 20 minute walk on a well paved walkway. Have to get those […]
Day 34 – G’day Australia! (10/20/19)
Written by Alex Waking up early to sail into Sydney brought on some new excitement. This is something we’ve been waiting to do for so long, it seems almost unreal that we are finally here! It was picture perfect morning to snap pictures from our balcony! Today we are to fly from Sydney up to […]
Day 31 – Beautiful and scenic Picton for wine tasting (10/17/19)
Written by Alex After the breezy, rainy day yesterday in Wellington, we awoke to a picture perfect day at Picton. We had booked a tour to the Marlborough region for wine tasting through Viator. We arrived in Picton about an hour before our tour so walked around this pretty town. A little before 10, we […]
Day 29 – Final sea day before New Zealand! (10/15/19)
Written by Alex I think I speak for Kim also when I say we are ready for some land. It’s not as though we are having a bad time (we aren’t) but I will say that this length cruise is about as long as I’d ever tackle again. Maybe three weeks max. We love to […]