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Cats 🐈and dogs🐕 in between too - I emptied 117mm from my rain gauge this morning (Northern Beaches) ☔️⚡️

For both my cruise in Nov/Dec and upcoming one this month, dining and excursion HIA credits were applied at checkout. No charge to my credit card and only unused balance showing as available.

Happy to hear you've arrived safely. Just checked the weather app and the forecast seems to be for some showers over the next few days with pleasant temps. Hope no more flooding rains in Auckland. We had an absolute deluge here in Sydney last nite (120 mm - close to 5 inches). Looking forward to Saturday 😁

OK - late entry for this week. See also post in week 08. The Australian Air Force's 'Roulettes' presenting a show as part of the Royal Hobart Regatta on Sunday 12th February.

A huge roar announced today's surprise in the sky. The Black Eagles Aerobatic Team from the Republic of Korea Air Force were doing their stuff over Sydney skies today. I grabbed the camera and headed to the roof garden on our building for a good view. At first I thought they were the Australian Air Force's 'Roulettes' which I was lucky enough to see in Hobart last week (please see the images I just posted in the Week 06 thread) but the info was revealed on local media tonite.

Thanks to @NancyDrew1953 and @Windsailer for your responses. I'm quite happy to wear a mask in crowded situations and will pack some for the cruise.

Thanks for reporting on your experiences. I'm also on the next sailing and hope that the favourable weather continues for us. I've been to Zealandia and agree with your recommendation. A question please: are masks mandatory on your cruise? I was on Westerdam in Nov/Dec when it was but so far we have not been advised by HAL of any such requirement. Hope you continue to enjoy your cruise. ☺️

It appears that iPhones and Android devices have different versions of Navigator (4.21 for iPhone and 4.17 for Android)

A month in advance? 😏

Port Otago vessel schedule still has her listed as an early morning arrival https://www.portotago.co.nz/marine-and-shipping/shipping-schedules/vessel-schedule/

I'm on the Noordam cruise before yours, departing Auckland on Feb 25th. So far no word from the cruise line about any changes. The current sailing was due in Napier on Feb 21st but at present is no longer listed on the port's schedule for that date. First cruise arrival listed currently is Noordam on Feb 27th.

That was Ponant's 'Le Soleal'

Majestic Princess in Hobart

Sailing on board the tall ship "James Craig" as part of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival final day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Craig_(barque)

Take an empty water bottle with you and decant the contents into that once ashore (a little cumbersome but workable).

Thanks for the update.

OK, found them on Google street view (on PTV journey planner called "Flinders St/Queens Bridge St #1" And then there is this (on PTV journey planner called Casino/Southbank/Queens Bridge St #115) which is where I have always got off the #109 cruise shuttle bus and which is the one in question as to whether the #58 tram (still) stops there (enroute to QVM and the zoo among others).

I do know that you live there! But I'm beginning to think we are talking about (slightly) different locations on either side of the river (you on the city side and Julie and I on the Southbank side). The #109 cruise ship shuttle (which is part of the PTV network and needs a myki card) terminates at the location indicated on the map in my last post, and on my last visit tram stop for route 58 still appeared there (apart from the temp bus replacement). The busses that park next to the Immigration Museum are probably ones run by the cruise lines i.e. not PTV. I remember getting off there a few years ago. Do you mean these?

Guess I'll find out for certain when I get there in a few weeks.

According to the PTV site, that tram stop seems alive and well. When I was there in early December, a bus service replaced the first one or two stops towards Coburg (the QV market) due to roadworks but there is no mention of that now in the PTV journey planner. 😕

Auckland, NZ

At the top of HAL's website is a link to "Look up Protocols" by voyage or booking number. Looking up the details for that voyage number it appears requirements were last updated very recently (on February 2, 2023).

Passengers on Viking orion apparently had to do just that this morning with an onboard fire while docked at White Bay this morning. Just reported on ABC radio news. See also https://www.2gb.com/breaking-fire-breaks-out-on-board-cruise-ship-in-sydney/

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/2561-explora-i-roll-calls/

Port Chalmers, NZ