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@bennybear The Tasman was well behaved on both crossings for us, Your bathroom situation is the same for us.....even though we have "down sized".!!

Thanks for the HAL Fleet report and daily. Thank you to @Quartzsite Cruiser, @RMLincoln, @Sharon in AZ, @StLouisCruisers and @bennybear for your kind welcome home messages. @bennybear you asked where did we go on our Noordam 30 day cruise. We boarded in Auckland NZ 16 days to Sydney Australia, and 14 days back to Auckland. Originally looked for a cruise leaving from Auckland, then decided we may as well sail back to Auckland rather than fly. Were able to book the same stateroom for both cruises. The new Embarkation check in was very efficient and quick. Arrived at the terminal at 11.00, doors to the building opened at 11.10, walked in, were directed to the escalator, then photos were taken, security check, passport control, boarding passes were scanned, and walked directly onto the ship, at 11.23, to wait in Lido for rooms to be ready Only a few minutes after we sat down, the "rooms ready" announcement was made.. Dropped our carryons in our stateroom,met the concierge, located our table in the main dining room and re-acquainted ourselves with Noordam.

Caught out by time change.

Thank you @leerathje, hope to be here for sail away.

Thanks for the Fleet report and the daily news. Strong winds have prevented Noordam from entering the Otago Harbour this morning. We disembarked from her last Saturday, after 30 days onboard. Will now read all of the posts for today.

Bon Voyage Everyone!

Thank you @leerathje. Hope to be here for sail away.

@aliaschief Thanks for your reports, you had a good day visiting Picton. What do you have planned for Port Chalmers? Weather forecast is 18 C for Wednesday, cold southerly wind later in the afternoon. Hope you will enjoy the day, as the day we met with you in Akaroa, we knew that your visit to Port Chalmers the next day was cancelled, so we had to give you that sad news.

@richwmn There is a memorial (on the left heading up to the town) to the ANZAC troops who sailed from Albany to Gallipoli in the First World War.

Thanks all for the damp sailaway.

Early toot the only toot!

Here comes NS.

NS confirmed for 1545 departure.

Checking in.

Thank you @leerathje, hope to be here for sail away.

Bon Voyage!

Thanks everyone for the quiet sailaway.

Must be a no toot day!

Moving quickly.

No Loveboat horn!

Checking in.

Thank you @leerathje, plan to be here for sail away.

@richwmn Rich, thank you for your reply. We remember the flies were very bad.

Thanks all for the brief sailaway. Rotterdam next.

Good long toots.