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March 2, 2023 This Morning we arrived in Port Louis  Mauritius. Mauritius is an Island in the Indian Ocean with a population of 1.2 million.Mauritius is a former UK Colony which gained independence in 1968.Mauritius is famous for Beach holidays because of its variety of beautiful beaches.  Today we didn’t book any tours. We decidedContinue reading “Port Louis, Mauritius”

February 26, 2023 Hallo All, Today we are in the middle of Seven seadays. Cruising from Perth Australia to Mauritius on the Indian Ocean. Almost every night we have to set our clock back one hour. Slowly we are claiming back that day we skipped in the French Polynesia. We are keeping ourselves busy with activitiesContinue reading “Seaday”

February 21&22, 2023 Good Morning, this morning we sailed into Fremantle. Fremantle is a port City approximately 22 km. from Perth. Freo as the Aussies call it has a population of 32000. Freo has a lot of heritage buildings, lots of small stores and eateries and also houses a lot of drinking facilities like microContinue reading “Perth/Fremantle, Australia”

February 17, 2023 This morning we woke up moored in a small Bay at Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Isl. has a population of about 4000. It is 100 Mile long by 35 mile wide. The economy consists out of farming, fishing, tourism and the odd winery. Two years ago they had a bad bush fire what killedContinue reading “Kangaroo Island, Aus”

February 15, 16, 2023 Howdy, this afternoon we arrived in Port Adelaide. We were anchored in the container port. Port Adelaide is located 15 km from the main city of Adelaide. Adelaide has a population of approximate 1.4 mill. it is the 5th largest City in Australia. It is the Capital of South Australia. TheContinue reading “Adelaide, Australia”

February 13, 2023 Hi all, last night we docked in Hobart. Hobart a city of 210,000 people on the island of Tasmania. Hobart is also the capital of Tassie. The whole of Tasmania has approximate 575000 residents. Main industries are shipbuilding, agriculture, wineries and tourism. Hobart is a very nice City on the water. AContinue reading “Hobart, Tasmania, Aus.”

February 9, 10, 2023 Good Day, Early this morning we are slated to arrive in Sydney. Carol snug out the room at 4 AM to witness the arrival in Sydney harbour. We were assigned to dock in White Bay Cruise Terminal. First thing this morning, all passengers had to go through Australian immigration, and nobodyContinue reading “Sidney, Australia”

February 12, 2023 Today’s visit, Port Arthur on the island of Tasmania as the Aussies say Tassie. Port Arthur was established in 1830 as a prison for repeat offenders from all Australian Colonies. By 1840 more than 2000 convicts an soldiers lived here. The penal settlement closed in 1877. Today, there still are the remainsContinue reading “Port Arthur, Tasmania , Aus.”

February 5, 2023 Hi Folks, Today is going to be a very important day for Carol, as we are planning to hook up with her brother Brian. The last time she met him was 6 years ago.The ship docked at the pier at around 7 AM . We were one of the first off theContinue reading “Wellington, NZ”

February 4, 2023 Hi All, Today we spend the day in Gisborne NZ. Gisborne has a population of about 40,000 . Farming and logging are the main industries. Gisborne is also known for its wineries and it’s surf beaches. Today’s port was a tender port, that meant we had to ride the lifeboats over fromContinue reading “Gisborne, NZ”