Canadian Diamonds Onboard RC Ships

[robtulipe]

We leaving for a Oz Radiance cruise in two weeks and then will stray with DW's cousin and her husband for 12 days after we get off in Perth.

Cousin's husband email us this week and asked if we could check out buying a Canadian sourced diamond pendant as a surprise for his wife. We've been checking out getting this for him and I was wondering if anyone recalls if such diamonds are available on RCI ships, particularly Radiance. This would save him at least the sales tax which is 13% here.

Also are there duty free onshore shop on the top end Oz itinerary which has Brisbane, Darwin. Benoa Bali, Airlie Beach, Port Hedland and Geraldton for our cruise. I don't recall any when we did a Sydney to Perth via NZ bottom end cruise two year on Voyager.

I suspect Bali might be the best possibility for duty free jewellery and would appreciate it if others who have been there can confirm if such is present there or in any other of our schedule port stops?

Edited February 11, 2015 by robtulipe

[Magicat]

We have not seen any Canadian diamonds on any RCI ships we've been on recently.

[robtulipe]

I can't recall any Cdn diamonds being offered on our recent Navigator cruises but then I wasn't checking this out or even looking at diamonds onboard as this request came just after we had disembarked from the last cruise. :(

Edited February 11, 2015 by robtulipe

[trev71]

Pretty sure they are not Canadian Diamonds. I find diamonds and jewerly highly over priced on the ships.

[robtulipe]

Pretty sure they are not Canadian Diamonds. I find diamonds and jewerly highly over priced on the ships.

 

Once in a while we'll find jewellery onboard at a good price usually as part of a clearance sale but most of our purchases are done on shore through duty free locations which I hope to have available to us on our Radiance cruise.