ozdevil

my ist cruise is this April , only decided less the 8 months ago  we are doing it

8 months ago   i said any coin in my pocket by sleep time will pay for cruise and land days 

saved alot of $1's,$2's and 50 cent pieces from then .

i have paid  for 2 passengers +land accom   since doing that   $3000 worth


my wife she thought i was kidding her  when i said i brought home coin from the pub or golf


any coin that was in my pocket at bed time entered  the 1st cruise 


i can gladly say my change from the pub has paid for cruise 
and more (spending money i wish , but working on it )

what i would do is pay notes to the bar person any coin in change goes to pocket and doesnt get re used 

over time and quick mind you if your with drinkers  like i drink with lol


our 1st cruise is 5 days  and we have 2 days either side  all paid by my drinking habit lol


we only now need to get spending money  for 10 days 

easy peasy   now   

on our last trip back home to see my Parents in Tasmania, no not a cruise to Tassie my Partner seen the duck idea  on faceache reel and thought hmmmm  i going to buy 100 small duckies and plant them all around my mum and dads house knowing my mum is a clean freak and anything out of place would be seen .   by the time we left back  for Melbourne flight  she  planted all 100 of them, only a hand ful have been found  and some was in plain view of mum and dads eyes and these wasnt the ones they found.

My partner put one inside the kettle and my father nearly had a heart attack  when he went to make his early morning coffee and yelled out Nan(he calls my mum nan) there is yellow ducks in the kettle my mum said dont be sill Barry you senile fool .  he said i just pour the boiling water and out popped a yellow duck...   

The next morning dad gets up  puts in some toast out  it pops ready to be buttered and his daily intake of vegemite   and wondered why the butter and vegemite didnt spread so well  as he tried to spread  a yellow duck  as butter and black going yellow duck with vegemite covering the duck
by this time my dad is getting cranky and starting to blame me and thinking i was placing ducks in his food and drink .  i said dad i havent even opened the butter or vegemite jar since being here 

anyway  it was quite funny watching seniors  wonder around there house playing  find daffy duck all weekend   they never seemed bored 

I think this really stems from the days when  people would pinch garden Gnomes  and put them in funny places.    even garden gnomes have a little city   on the exit of calder hwy and keilor park drive   in Keilor .

an interesting practice  what amuses some minds  

Had a 27 year holiday  in Tassie.   and as a kid i was a jetty rat on those wharves  fishing for anything i could catch on a hand line. once i had enough  fishing  and about 1pm before salamanca Market finsihed on a Saturday i would head over to my cousins food van   and my cousin would give me and me mates a good feed of what ever we wanted   wether it be cinnamon donut  or dagwood dogs and he would shout us coke as well  , didnt even have to line up just have  to knock on the caravan door  and we was set.....   

anyway  i think its a great place for cruise ships in one of the most scenic harbours in the World which offers alot to the any traveller before  getting off a plane or a ship..  The best thing about Hobart in my opinion   is the panoramic views   where the hills are not all covered by Houses  .

it may not be the tropics  but it certainly has charm  in Hobart.

Love the charm of wharves in Tassie 

The Man  himself below   
  

16 hours ago, Flickit said:

I'm not too sure how the Victorian ports are structured but I was under the impression that Station Pier is owned by Vic ports/Vic Gov, and Geelong Port is privately owned? (with Vic ports overseeing vessel movements and such)... I could well be wrong... 

Where the spirit docks in Corio  that is privately run which i think tt-line lease  and they have sole use and  doesnt cater for cruise ships .   vic ports  run  the shipping channels  only in  Geelong.   

Station Pier is Owned by vic ports/gov      

1 hour ago, Flickit said:

They'll be in Hobart for another day, the ship isn't going to Port Arthur tomorrow due to weather, the company has arranged free buses to take people down there.. 

is the weather coming from the direct south  as the  bay there is rather sheltered  from the east and west and north   the winds are not that bad really 

but hey  Driving to Port Arthur is Not that far  really,  an hour and half  and you could be there .

i used to depart of Port Arthur a fair bit to chase Southern Bluefin Tuna and turning east to Tasman island .

if they drive or get sailed to  port Arthur  they are not missing out for thos wanting to go there...  for others may just want to stroll the surrounds of hobart again 

i thinks not huge thing not  coming into port Arthur and tendouring 

Resilliant Lady  has no seen  Australia for the 1st time   as it makes it way around from Darwin



Sheduled to arrive in Sydney i believe on dec 4

More Dramas  for the guest onboard Pacific adventure 

any of them choosing to take a trip up Mt Wellington will be disappoint as there is only 1  road up to the summit and its closed for sheduled maintenance   As Hobart was not expecting any cruise ships and thought  this week would have been the perfect oppurtunity to close the road.

The only other way they can do this is by 1 of the many walking tracks   but i would think that is not such a great idea   as you may not get back to the ship on time

10 hours ago, arxcards said:

Yes, we will be there. 

Saw them by accident a few years ago, I think on P&O. They had retired the act, but Rusty continued with "Rusty and the Other Guy. Turns out that the Other Guy was sick, so we had Scared Weird Little Guys performing as Rusty & the Other Guy. Seen bits of them way back on Footy Show & Hey Hey.

 

We also have another decent comedian, Jeff Green on night 1, so we might actually make an effort there too. Who would have thought - 2 comedy acts worth seeing on the same cruise. They bookend the production show Fiera.

Just a warm up with Jeff Green
 

love comedy  might do a comedy cruise one day  ,  however i was nearly put of comedy when my golfing partner said he was comedian, i just Pea'd my self laughing and thought yeah ya pulling me leg ya little wogboy (please no one take offence he took it like a term of endearment and i wouldnt say it unless i knew the person really well)   However though  looking through youtube for something and a comedian showed up and i took a double take  and sure enough it was my golfing partner i played golf with week in and week out..  So sat and listened to his comedy skit , well did i luagh, well no i did'nt  i thought his comedy had no appeal what soever, yeah i had a giggle at some of it but 90% bored me..   the weeklater i said to him ,  mate i think you need to find some new stuff  ya youtube comedy skit was  boring but got a giggle  at 1 or may be 2 of ya jokes but that was just me.
he said  oz  thats fine mate i know my taste isnt for everyone.   we still are friends but since i have moved golf clubs , we have drifted our ownways.  
 

27 minutes ago, possum52 said:

Your father 'did a lot of time' there. Forty years service is quite amazing.

 

My sister and brother in law live in a neighbouring suburb at Geilston Bay.

my father would have been better killing someone for murder he would have got out quicker lol

yes 40years is along time in any job,  but to be  working in a prison for that long is truely amazing effort,  any of the emergancy workers wether its prison wardens, police,ambos, firies and not forgetting our nurse and drs  its amazing to their long service in jobs like these.

my Sister used to own home in Gielston bay opposite the geilston bay high school there.  Gielston bay is a very nice area    but basicly borders on a rough area known as Risdon Vale. however Risdon Vale  since my days has cleaned up bit  and  there is some good  walking trails around Gielston bay by taking a walk around to shag bay  where their is the old boiler and the only way you see that is either by boat at a distance (to shallow to get a boat in there) or by foot.

i could easily live in Gielston bay  

 

1 minute ago, possum52 said:

Thanks ozdevil, we had National pies for lunch yesterday. They are very good. Risdon Prison? 

yes  my father did nearly 40 years there  hm rison prison also known  as the pink palace

On 7/6/2023 at 3:45 PM, possum52 said:

For lunch tofay we had pies made by National Pies in Hobart. Woolies stock them. Rectangle shaped classic beef. Very tasty.

 

bit late to see this but i was brought up through the 70' and 80s on national pies  it was  my mums treat for us at the end of the school week   where  she would  send us  with brown paper bag with   1 meat pie  and a creambun on the bag  and we would then  put it the lunch tub to give to the tuck shop  ladies.

i always liked fridays   ,  however  my 2nd cousin  worked for national pies   and can remeber when he came to visit he would drop of bags of national pies and cream buns and other goodies

then my father found a cheaper source  of pies  from her majesties prison  (now his majesty)  where the convicts made  there own pies  and was sold  and i tell ya what some of these  convicts could bake a good pie  , Dad would bring a fortnight supply of them home  every fortnight  

but still cant beat a national pie 

 

1 minute ago, possum52 said:

Ron coached North Melbourne (Kangaroos) from 1973 to 1980 winning two premierships. He also coached Melbourne from 1981 to 1985 before heading to Sydney to coach the Swans from 1993 to 1995. All up Ron as a player played in six premierships for Melbourne and as a coach won four - two at Carlton and two at North Melbourne. 

 

Ron's father Ron Barassi Senior served in Ww2 and was killed at Tobruk. Ron Senior was also a Melbourne player. 

your quite right ,  Ron was a legend  truely going to missed by the footy world

ex Sydney Swans coach   and a legend of the  game  Ron Barrasi  has passed on

mainly played for the Demons (melbourne)  also did a stint at the blues as coach and captain as a playing coach

RIP Ron Barrassi

condolences to Mr gut2407   and wife and family  

may him cruise the 7 clouds while looking down from the heavens 


R.I.P  Mr Gut2407   

i need to hold my tongue  on this subject   

i hate being late to anything  and if i was late getting back to a ship leaving port  , i would be so gutted and angry with myself  i'm not even sure i would head to the next port to catch up   i would most likely end the holiday and cruise and sob my way back home .   

its rather  funny though watching some of these videos.   

commiserations to the swans  you guys faught hard to get back into the game ,  i am over the moon  that blues won .   the blues may get knocked out this Friday night Against melbourne but its going to  be an iffy one  with both clubs having a couple of  big name players out.

i believe it will be a Collingwood vs brisbane with collingwood as favourites having all their finals at  the MCG   however Brisbane dont play well at The "G"  if they get to the grandfinal but   i am going to tip them   to beat the pies   

anyway some good footy was played all weekend   

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Of note is that Carlton are not used to playing finals, Lol.

ya quite right there    narrowly missing out last year  , the doggies got to taste how carlton felt last year lol

but 10 years being out of the finals race is along time  , but  i am just hoping for a great game and blessed that the blues made  the finals

its set for a great finals series

3 hours ago, possum52 said:

I hope they can beat the Blues ML. I'll be supporting the Swans in their final against the Blues although of course I didn't barrack for them yesterday as I would have been disowned by Rob. 

 

At the moment the Blues are favourites at $1.51 and the Swans are at $2.56 to win.

Blues have a score to settle with those swannies  some time ago  by knocking them out of a finals race .  time the blues get a bit back

in all seriousness though  despite the odds and who is favourite    the finals series is lot different to the  minor premiership season that just finished   ...  its all  or nothing     and each game from either side have to win   other wise season over  .

As  carlton Supporter i am just wrapped that the blues clawed there way back  and i think Sydney will see a different blues  come the 8th of September

Go blues

3 hours ago, NoWhiners said:

All those close games finally caught up to the Swans. Maybe they're tired?? 😆

 

I wonder if they can beat Carlton??? Any odds out yet?

 

Go Swans!

i expect carlton will have a very full side   with  cripps and doc and hopefully pittonet as well

weitering  may go for a week after  the incidence with toby greene ,  some  are confident he will only get fined

Acres may not play depending on his collarbone after scans  

way the blues vs gws game 1 week of final might just well be Blues vs Sydney swans

the swans are Carltons enemy today the only team that can knock carlton out of a home final finishing 5th 

it certainly going to the wire between  melbourne and sydney  

go blues

1 hour ago, buchhalm said:

Correct. 

But not to scare people, 3/4 of that price is the (stupid and unavoidable) "station access fee" at both, international and domestic terminals. 

Usually public transport isn't that expensive. 

wow , take the gate pass out its less then $5  for the rail component 

must be some gate  that cost the $16:00  

but hey they have  got you over the barrel though

56 minutes ago, PerfectlyPerth said:

Hence why we give warnings about useless shuttle companies here ! 
 

Also - Uber and other rideshares have a set fare that doesn't change regardless of changing to a longer route - often to avoid tolls or traffic issues which they are aware of - and you won't be. 
With taxis you can request a specific route if you feel you will know the road conditions better than the experienced driver with up to date info on their GPS. 

Come to Melbourne  try getting a taxi to take from spencer street to spring Street melbourne , they will not even open the cab door for that.

come to melbourne  catch an uber from spencer to spring streets they will not accept your ride and if they do they will tell you to cancel  not far enough ride for them 

Come to melbourne get a taxi  to take you from spencer to the cruise terminal at station peir they will give you a set fee like $100 or more .   

yeah ya can on tram   packed with 100 people on the tram and ya might have 4 suitcases and 3 kids in in tow , but makes it very squishy  and you may not get all the luggage aboard special if they are young kids that cant carry suitcases  

where a shuttle you may just pay  a certain fare  for hubby,wife+3kids and get 4 suitcases picked up from the hotel to cruise ternimal  hassle free  and they may pick up of a couple stops 

i'm just talking  from melbourne perspective  here , but i would say Sydney will be  very similar