Rare frantic36 Posted July 23, 2021 #76 Share Posted July 23, 2021 A location I visited on a Seabourn ship in 2018 was Beauty Point in Tasmania. It is a deep water port but I am not sure how big or deep the ships can be. It is an introduction to the Tamar valley food and wines. We did a wine & food tasting tour from there that was great. https://www.tamarvalley.com.au But even at the port we visited a sanctuary for echidnas and platypus that we would be able to get up close, even to the point of having the echidnas running around us...they were so cute. https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/about/regions-of-tasmania/launceston-and-north/beauty-point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted July 23, 2021 #77 Share Posted July 23, 2021 6 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said: This is kinda the norm for threads here, we wander all over the place and along the way some fun stuff happens. Yeah, any ship will do but Princess by preference. 😋 Look out for the next voyage of our virtual cruise ship, the Ocean Pearl. She could be embarking fairly soon for an extensive cruise. 🤔😊 Maybe she should do an extended circumnavigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky55 Posted July 23, 2021 #78 Share Posted July 23, 2021 10 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Look out for the next voyage of our virtual cruise ship, the Ocean Pearl. She could be embarking fairly soon for an extensive cruise. Around Australia - we can fill in the details for you as you get to each State 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted July 23, 2021 #79 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said: We didn't need passports when we did Sydney to Tasmania return, just photo ID. Do the British cruises include Ireland? If so that would be why passports are needed. We did British Isles cruise on Royal Princess in 2018, yes Cobh..Cork Harbour, was a stop. Also Belfast in Northern Island. We did the same cruise on Crown Princess in 2009. Edited July 23, 2021 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted July 23, 2021 #80 Share Posted July 23, 2021 6 hours ago, GUT2407 said: Maybe she should do an extended circumnavigation. We've already done that. We'll go further afield on the next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted July 23, 2021 #81 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Porky55 said: Around Australia - we can fill in the details for you as you get to each State 👏 We did that, and NZ, last time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 24, 2021 #82 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 2:38 PM, OzKiwiJJ said: It would be a bit hard to modify the itinerary for that one. A triple circumnavigation of Australia?🤣 Thanks for the laugh out loud! So sad really, a bit like laughing in church where you know you shouldn’t laugh but can’t help it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekka49 Posted December 19, 2021 Author #83 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Still trying to use my new passport on a cruise, but now has cob- webs on it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted December 19, 2021 #84 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 hour ago, ekka49 said: Still trying to use my new passport on a cruise, but now has cob- webs on it. I renewed mine in mid-2019. Used it to board QE Fremantle-Melbourne, December 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted December 19, 2021 #85 Share Posted December 19, 2021 My Passport has been in the dark since Dec 2019..... ( it is in the safe ) One day it will see the light of day.... may be late 2022... we will wait..... with baited breath Don with Coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted December 19, 2021 #86 Share Posted December 19, 2021 28 minutes ago, getting older slowly said: My Passport has been in the dark since Dec 2019..... ( it is in the safe ) One day it will see the light of day.... may be late 2022... we will wait..... with baited breath Don with Coffee Now that we are allowed on the red and white boat, you could take it with you as part of an “overseas” cruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziepost Posted December 20, 2021 #87 Share Posted December 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Docker123 said: Now that we are allowed on the red and white boat, you could take it with you as part of an “overseas” cruise That red and white boat will have a new home at Corio Quay south next year. That will be our next o/s cruise will be taking the car with us so that we can spend a couple of weeks leisurely exploring the Apple isle hopefully a day time trip a sort of a pretend sea day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted December 20, 2021 #88 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/19/2021 at 7:35 PM, ekka49 said: Still trying to use my new passport on a cruise, but now has cob- webs on it. Reading this I found myself wondering where did I put that passport😂? I've almost forgotten I had one😱. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted December 20, 2021 #89 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Passports needed for Tassie ??? well some years ago the BH needed her Passport to fly to King Island on Rex.... as that was was you only photo ID she had LOL.... Had flown with King Island fly a few time.... no ID needed very causal.... but really don't like little planes...... On the Red and White Boat ... starting to wonder if is will be at Corio before we get there noting Masks an now to be worn indoors in Tassie now Don with second coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted December 20, 2021 #90 Share Posted December 20, 2021 42 minutes ago, getting older slowly said: Passports needed for Tassie ??? well some years ago the BH needed her Passport to fly to King Island on Rex.... as that was was you only photo ID she had LOL.... The way things are going we may need a passport for WA.🤞 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1950 Posted December 28, 2021 #91 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Personally I think we should get a rebate on our passports. They have be unused these past 2 years. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted December 28, 2021 #92 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, LC1950 said: Personally I think we should get a rebate on our passports. They have be unused these past 2 years. Or an extension. I have a club membership that has been extended an extra two years because of lack of use, would be nice if passports did the same thing 😝. Edited December 28, 2021 by ilikeanswers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted December 28, 2021 #93 Share Posted December 28, 2021 12 hours ago, ilikeanswers said: Or an extension. I have a club membership that has been extended an extra two years because of lack of use, would be nice if passports did the same thing 😝. SO many thing have been in limbo the last 2 years Like Car Rego and Insurance have only done a tiny amount of km's all one's good clothes have be in moth balls Number of photos taken... Dinners out Wondering where I am waking up Looking at the road Map Seeing a cruise ship Everything at home has been used a lot more though.... Don with Coffee 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted December 28, 2021 #94 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, getting older slowly said: SO many thing have been in limbo the last 2 years Like Car Rego and Insurance have only done a tiny amount of km's all one's good clothes have be in moth balls Number of photos taken... Dinners out Wondering where I am waking up Looking at the road Map Seeing a cruise ship Everything at home has been used a lot more though.... Don with Coffee When it comes to the car I actually did get use out of it this year 😂. Snuck in one decent road trip between lockdowns 😉. My mechanic was so surprised to see how many kms I had added to the odometer. Told me I was the first customer he had to pile on the kms in over a year☹️. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 29, 2021 #95 Share Posted December 29, 2021 29 minutes ago, ilikeanswers said: When it comes to the car I actually did get use out of it this year 😂. Snuck in one decent road trip between lockdowns 😉. My mechanic was so surprised to see how many kms I had added to the odometer. Told me I was the first customer he had to pile on the kms in over a year☹️. I have had 10 road trips within NSW in the past 18 months, duration 4 days to 8 days. Done 14,000 km in the Nissan in the past year, going round in circles, lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziepost Posted December 29, 2021 #96 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 8:16 AM, getting older slowly said: Passports needed for Tassie ??? well some years ago the BH needed her Passport to fly to King Island on Rex.... as that was was you only photo ID she had LOL.... Had flown with King Island fly a few time.... no ID needed very causal.... but really don't like little planes...... On the Red and White Boat ... starting to wonder if is will be at Corio before we get there noting Masks an now to be worn indoors in Tassie now Don with second coffee I went past Corio Quay the other day to check what is happening. The have started work on the wharf and I expect things to ramp up early in the new year current expectations are that the SPOT will be operating out of Corio Quay by the end of 2022. A new state of the art terminal will be built with access roads to the terminal being up graded this project interests me and I intend keeping an eye on the progress of the works being done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By The Bay Posted December 29, 2021 #97 Share Posted December 29, 2021 15 hours ago, ozziepost said: I went past Corio Quay the other day to check what is happening. The have started work on the wharf and I expect things to ramp up early in the new year current expectations are that the SPOT will be operating out of Corio Quay by the end of 2022. A new state of the art terminal will be built with access roads to the terminal being up graded this project interests me and I intend keeping an eye on the progress of the works being done. Any chance you could post some photo's? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted December 29, 2021 #98 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 5:07 PM, LC1950 said: Personally I think we should get a rebate on our passports. They have be unused these past 2 years. My sister wrote to her local MP on this already - no luck so far as I understand it. I actually got to use my passport recently, first time since Aug 2019 when we went to Fiji. New/changed banking requirements meant I had to attend a bank and present my credentials to remain a signatory on an account - my passport 😜. Not sure when I will be using it again??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziepost Posted December 31, 2021 #99 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) On 12/30/2021 at 8:20 AM, By The Bay said: Any chance you could post some photo's? Thanks. We are moving to Geelong! (spiritoftasmania.com.au) this link might interest you the only photo I have is when the red and white boat visited CQ north in Sept 2020 about the time the announcement was made. CQ south is to the right of the SPOT where the large red and white tender is berthed. Edited December 31, 2021 by ozziepost Inserted photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 31, 2021 #100 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I wouldn't hold your breath on getting a refund for the 2 missing years on your passport. Not enough votes in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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