OzKiwiJJ

If they send them Australia post who knows when they would turn up. I left something at a motel last year. The motel posted it, that day express post, to the place we were staying a few days later. It turned up there 8.5 months later. I'm waiting on another package that was ordered mid-July and is noted as having been picked up by Australia Post. It hadn't arrived by the time we boarded Coral last Saturday.

Did you have to go off the ship on the changeover days in Sydney?

It's on my list of drinks to try but I'm trying the Butterfly tonight.

They're very talented. I like it best when they play their regional folk music. So lively!

I can't see why the bus company couldn't liase with the ports authority to create a special bus route that only operates on days when ships are in port. Of course, they'd need to have two timetables - one for changeover days and one for port visits. Start somewhere central, Roma St Station perhaps, with a couple of CBD stops, then cut into Portside for people who used the ferry then onto the BICT. Or is that to logical to be conceivable? 🙄

We are! We are! 😊 We've spent the afternoon in the Sanctuary enjoying the fresh air in relative peace and quiet, and comfort. Briefly had a glimpse of a whale going by. It's starting to cool off now so I guess it's time to go get gussied up for formal night.

Remind me on Friday, I might even have time that afternoon.

I'll see what I can do but probably not until the next sea day. We have the three port days in a row next so I mightn't have much time until after that. Remind me if I forget!

There is plenty of other good entertainment around the ship too. There is a great piano and guitar duo from the Ukraine that play next to to the Good Spirits Bar 2-3 times a day. I think they just joined the ship this cruise.

They're on at 7:30pm and 9:30pm now. We haven't actually managed to get to one yet but are planning to go tonight.

Wonderful start, Mark. I'm looking forward to reading more about your travels.

I thought Diamond had Aussie outlets when we were on her in 2018. I can't remember exactly for our Golden cruise but, again, I have a feeling she had an Aussie socket. The only Princess ship I can remember using our EU adaptor was on Royal in the Med.

Kevin is pretty good.

The MDR meals have mostly been great so far. Huge main portion sizes though.

I doubt it.

Luckily we're usually having dinner when evening trivia is on. 🤣

That's the one! Voice from Hell describes her perfectly. 🤣

That's what I suspect. Grand will probably have Aussie outlets when she starts operating here. All they have to do is change the faceplates on the EU 220v circuits to AU.

How many days were you onboard for? We're on for 19 days so wondering if we will have the same problem.

No, we're in a mini-suite at the moment then change to a suite on the 13th.

If it's like the Australian rules then it's a self test and you take a photo just in case. Check closer to your cruise though in case NZ requires something different.

I hope so, but it's complicated as we are doing the B2B. I'll have to tell Guest Services to hold it until the end of the second cruise.

Formalwear is not mandatory in our suite.

We've just got back from afternoon trivia with one of the most annoying trivia hosts we've ever experienced - Kelly. She had a very loud, strident voice and never stopped talking.

If it was it would have been too hazy to see. We can just see the outline of the coastal ranges but no detail. It's warming up a bit and the seas have dropped even more.