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No 🙂

Not that one

Getting close now...

NSW, people. Mic mentioned NSW earlier, but he says so much on these forums, sometimes I skim over comments. 😀

It IS in NSW....

No, sorry.

Not there

In Australia, yes.

They are indeed truffles. No correct location guesses yet.

Truffles!!! No correct locations thus far...

Voilá....

Yep, seen it on the news at the airport. I remember the weirdest things. Photo coming tomorrow (just a warning, before some people get their knickers in a twist) 😉

Callide power station....

8 hours in Melbourne is enough for a lifetime

3The Harbour Bridge Climb is indeed spectacular. If the budget allows, DO IT. Try your luck on the day for standby tickets. They do have several climbing options now, but I would highly recommend the "original " tour . Basically up one arch, cross from one arch to the other on the summit, then back down the other arch. All up a good 3 to 3.5 hours.

Back to the original question about HoHo in Sydney : they are very good and show you pretty much all the sights. BUT they do NOT run nowhere near as frequently as in, say, London or Paris. The line that goes to Bondi ( the blue line, i believe) shows you some very pretty sights, BUT you may be stuck in a lot of traffic for long times.

Opal card (or credit card tapping) works on all modes of public transport. Trains (they do go under ground in the inner city areas), tram ( like a street-car), buses and ferries. It's pretty much all integrated. You MUST tap on when you get on and AGAIN when you get OFF! Otherwise you get charged a penalty rate. Tapping facilities for buses are inside the bus, by the doors. Tapping for trains, trams and ferries happens at turnstiles or terminal before you get on/after you get off. (Just see what others do). When you are switching between two or more modes of transport ( say, from a bus to a train) you get charged a "transfer" rate, not two separate, full price fares. The allowed transfer time is quite generous. Quote from the Transport NSW website: "Transfers happen when you switch transport modes or routes, and if they're within 60 minutes, they count as one journey, except for the Sydney Ferries Manly ferry service, which has a 130-minute transfer time."

They have those at quite a few places in Norway. Including Oslo and the North Cape.

And those people are probably also "reserving" a few deck chairs simulation...

There's nothing more cringeworthy than a bunch of strangers (I.e. waiters) gather around your table to sing "Happy birthday ". Seems to be especially happening on American ships and towards the end of a cruise.... A lot of people seem to have birthday on the last night. 😉

Must include smoking of different hunks of meats for a decent BBQ!

Half a dozen Cunard cruises under the cummerbund. If you don't enjoy dressing up, or "formal attire", then Cunard may not be the right fit for you. The vast majority of passengers WILL dress up. Tuxes (and more), nice gowns, jacket and tie for gentlemen as a minimum for "regular" nights. Daytime is laid back and "resort casual". You CAN rent formal wear on board, but that stuff is EXPENSIVE to rent and they don't have TOO many pieces. If you like an upmarket experience without the formal nights, (at least not many of them), HAL is very good. Or Seabourn, if the budget allows it. Celebrity also has excellent ships and service and is a lot more contemporary. 🙂

Many years ago at one of those all-inclusive resorts in Turkey, all sun lounges were numbered and had a bar code sticker attached. Staff roamed the pool/beach area and used a scanning gun to read unattended chairs. That registered a time. On the next round, when the chairs were still unoccupied, another scan, and when the time limit was exceeded, guest's stuff was removed and taken for safekeeping.

Shall we be looking on Ebay for thousands of slightly used deck chairs/lounges?

Plausible deniability.