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A Bumpy End to the Season
aussielozzie18 replied to arxcards's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Thankfully, I haven’t had the pleasure. What’s the worst weather event you have experienced in your extensive cruising? -
On Saturday, I FaceTimed my “kids” asking them what they needed me to bring over from Australia for them. My son just added socks and his favourite tracksuit pants to the wish list I already posted here. My daughter just asked for the sunscreen from our Cancer Council shops. My son’s ski resort in BC closed yesterday. My daughter’s ski resort in BC will close this weekend.
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One of my BILs will retire this year after a lifetime as a Minister in the Anglican Church. I suspect one of the reasons he is not fit and at the ideal weight like his brothers, is that he has enjoyed the superb baking skills of the ladies from his country parishes. How wonderful @Lionesssthat your son, DIL and adorable Zoey will be living closer to you.
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What an trail! I am impressed that you & your wife happily did an extreme trail with no research. If I saw an extreme rating, I would be “heck,no!”. The kiddos made me aware of Alltrails last year, so now, every time DH suggests a bushwalk that is new to me, Alltrails reviews are my go to. Basically I want to know how many stairs are involved….
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A Bumpy End to the Season
aussielozzie18 replied to arxcards's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Love a bit of rocknroll! -
Royal ships for 2024/25 season.
aussielozzie18 replied to MicCanberra's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Carnival Luminosa must have just scraped in - 293.5 in length and we docked in Cairns thankfully -
The other thing you may like (if you haven’t done it already) that is bird related is the wild lorikeet feeding at Australian Reptile Park at Gosford, just north of Sydney. You can’t get there by public transport but if you hire a car for the day, it’s a very easy drive. They have ranger fed lorikeet feeding once a day (they also have free range kangaroos and lots of Aussie animals & reptiles and spiders)
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I was so looking forward to our first visit to Sitka next month on the Grand Princess THEN I discovered that we will be in port with the Quantum of the Seas! So disappointed. My friend has cruised to New Zealand on the Ovation of the Sea four times. When she returned from their most recent cruise, even she said she became aware of how the smaller NZ towns are completely overwhelmed when all the Ovation passengers disembark for the day in port. Unfortunately, that will be our experience in Sitka. Sigh. Smart move by Junea.
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Yes, they close the beaches due to rough surf conditions and/or poor water quality after heavy storms. We were up the other end of the Northern Beaches Peninsula today and the beach was closed to swimming so that’s why I was curious about Manly. Given your bird photo today, if you are not already familiar with it, you would love the online vision of the wild cockatoos & rainbow lorikeets that visit the balcony of this lady’s apartment in Manly - the almond cafe
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A beautiful sunny Sunday in Sydney. End of daylight savings. Max was very confused when he got an early morning walk from me (usually I do the after dinner walks). He kept looking back at our house wondering where DH was….. Once DH was up we headed to Palm Beach (Pittwater side). DH decided to walk up to the Barrenjoey Lighthouse via the steps for the first time (he timed himself - 6 mins). I took our usual path up. Views on the way up - Pittwater one side and Palm Beach on the other. We are coming back to do a guided tour of the Barrenjoey Lighthouse at the top of the headland next Sunday. DH joined me on the way back down. Said the steps would be too slippery on the descent. Nice views on the return. Had a nice coffee and casual lunch. Obligatory (from me) lorikeet photo. Walked back to the beach past “Summer Bay” (from Australian soap tv series - Home & Away - very popular with the Brits) I think this is the chip stealing culprit mentioned above… Beach closed but beautiful relaxing on the sand in the sun
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+ 1 on the hands free (and everything else). I think I’ve told this story before but when the kids were teens we were on Voyager and I did the cupcake decorating class (kids weren’t interested). I returned to the cabin to excitedly show the kids my icing effort - puppy dog cupcake. I started opening the cabin door - in the juggle of door and plates - the cupcake went flying and landed icing down in the cabin carpet. My teens thought it was hilarious and it’s always the thing they remember most about the expensive NYE cruise 🤦♀️
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I know that this is a Royal forum but I have to share this. DD finally did her check-in for our upcoming cruise. She loves cruising but hasn’t cruised Princess before. This morning when she FaceTimed me, she told she had done her check-in and excitedly announced that she was getting a medallion. I said yes, the medallion is needed to open the cabin door. Her face dropped and she said “oh, does everyone get one?” 🤣