Random thoughts from the sea
Day 45, Grand World Voyage Friday, Feb. 17, 2023; Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, Australia. Okay, there was no tying down of kangaroos on Kangaroo Island. But the song kept running through my mind today. Kangaroo Island, just off the coast of Adelaide, is a tender port that takes us into the
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Days 43 and 44, Grand World Voyage Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15 and 16, 2023; Adelaide, Australia. Summertime, and the living is easy. Easy is the word that comes to mind in describing our last few weeks of cruising. Australia, and New Zealand before it, are wonderful destinations. And they
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Day 41, Part 2, Grand World Voyage Monday, Feb. 13, 2023; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Super Bowl Monday? That’s what it is here in Tasmania, with the kickoff live at 10:30 a.m. local time. The Zuiderdam’s World Stage is about one-third full as the game is about to begin. Many passengers
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Day 41, Part 1, Grand World Voyage Monday, Feb. 13, 2023; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. My knowledge of Hobart before coming here was as the terminus of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, one of the classic offshore yacht competitions (along with the Newport-Bermuda Race and the Fastnet Race). It also
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Day 40, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023; Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is an island southeast of the main Australia island. This will be the farthest south of our voyage – 43 degrees south latitude. Cape Town, South Africa, is at 34 degrees south. In May, we will
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Day 38, Grand World Voyage Friday, Feb. 10, 2023; Sydney, Australia. What can top a sail out of Sydney, passing under the Harbor Bridge, by the Opera House and wending your way to the cut between the heads, finally entering the Tasman Sea? Throw in spectacular weather and yacht races
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Day 37, Grand World Voyage Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023; Sydney, Australia. On this, my sixth stop in Sydney, I “got outta Dodge,” as they say. My sisters and I took the popular day trip to the Blue Mountains, an area about a 90-minute drive west of the city. The tour
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Day 32, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023; Wellington, New Zealand. It may seem strange, but thoughts of a Turkish peninsula provided the bookends for my day in Wellington, N.Z. The peninsula is Gallipoli, and it was the scene of a bitter World War I military campaign. The attempt
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Day 32, Grand World Voyage Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023; Gisborne, New Zealand. I make it a rule of thumb to first consider ship excursions on tender ports. Not a requirement, but being on an excursion does have the benefit of avoiding the wait for a tender if you want to
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Day 31, Grand World Voyage Friday, Feb. 3, 2023; Tauranga, New Zealand. I’m getting to know my way around the shops and restaurants in Mount Maunganui, the port village for Tauranga. The city of Tauranga is about 20 minutes away by bus, but I have yet to visit there. When
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