Category «Australia»

Days at sea – the views are spectacular

October 11th & 12th – More sea days Here the challenge is getting up before lunch, not really as we find ourselves getting up a bit earlier each sea day. With tomorrow’s arrival in Darwin at 10 am we are planning to be up at around 8 am and walk into the city rather than …

Cairns – into the jungle

October 10, 2019 – Cairns Cairns is one of Australia’s hottest vacation destinations, not temperature-wise but popular. Cairns boasts three of Australia’s great natural wonders. Just offshore, immense bastions of living coral form the Great Barrier Reef. Sixteen miles of superb beaches stretch to the north of the city – the famed Marlin Coast. And …

Day at sea- again

October 9, 2019 – Day at sea more of the same

Alotau

October 8, 2019 – Alotau, Papua, New Guinea – +30C no wind partly cloudy. First a little bit about Alotau. Note: this is an “Excerpt from the tour brochure” Welcome to an undiscovered paradise of white-sand beaches, crystal waterfalls, and volcanic mountains. And if you’ve come for the history, you’ll find that, too. This peaceful …