by The Inside Cabin | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania, Albany, Knitting
Day 47, 20 Feb Albany, Western Australia Albany sits on the south eastern coast of Australia about 250 miles south, south east from Perth. This is as far south of the equator as San Luis Obispo or North Carolina are north of the equator, so the temperatures here...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 17, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania, Adelaide, South Australia, Knitting
Day 44, 17 Feb – Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia with a population of over 1 million people. Our tendering days are over, and it was nice to be moored to a...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 16, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
Day 43, 16 Feb – Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island Clear skies and smooth seas greeted us this morning as we closed the final mile to Kangaroo Island. Our original forecast arrival of around noon was improved by about 1 hour to 11 AM. It was going to be a beautiful...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 13, 2018 | Hobart, Tasmania, Knitting, 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania
Day 40, 13 Feb – Hobart Tasmania Hobart is about as far south of the equator as Detroit is north. To further calibrate your climate thinking Feb 13 is equivalent to August 13 in the northern hemisphere. Hobart reminded me of Annapolis, Maryland or maybe a...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 11, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Sydney, Oceania
Day 38, Feb 11th, Sydney Sometime early this morning, the Viking Sun moved back to the White Bay Cruise Terminal from her temporary spot at the Overseas Passenger Terminal last evening. We heard that this may have cost upwards of $50,000 to move the ship both ways...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 10, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Sydney, Oceania, Knitting
Day 37, Sydney, Australia – 10 February 2018 We cruised thru scenic Sydney Harbor very early this morning. By the time I made it to the bow, we had already passed the Opera House and were beyond the Sydney Harbor Bridge headed toward our berth at White Bay...
