Thursday 21/11/2024
The Journey Brisbane Day23
After a night of rock n rolling in 4mtr waves the morning saw us arriving into the Brisbane port in
calm waters overcast with the first sign of rain we docked at 08 00 after all passengers that were going ashore us that were left had to stay in our cabins for two hours while they did a deep clean of all the public areas. We depart Brisbane at 17 40.
Love
Len and Val
Wednesday 20/11/2024
The Journey at Sea Day 22
This is our second day out from Cairns at sea this morning it was calm and overcast Val went to her knitting and then to craft classes and I talked cricket with the barman at the bar at the back of the ship and of course he was Indian. After dinner it was to the show for the Farewell Show which was ok. Now at 23 00 Hours the seas are what you might call Rough from our balcony the waves look 4mts Val has gone to sleep.
Love
Len and Val
Tuesday 19/11/2024
The Journey at Sea (Willis Island) Day21
Our first day at sea after leaving Cairns the forecast was for rain but luck was still on our side
with fine and clear skies with a top temp of 34 degrees 240 kms off the coast of Queensland we came
close to Willis Island which is a weather station for BOM it is only 140 mts long and 120mts wide
we than set a course for Brisbane and to go through the Great Barrier Reef we were follow by a flock of
sea birds there were three or four breeds of boobies.
Monday 18/11/2024
The Journey Cairns Day 20
Two tug help put us in place at Cairns dock 09 00 the temp was 30degrees and it got up to
33degrees the chair lift was booked out so we just had a walk around town Cairns has got a lot
bigger since we were last here it is no longer just a little country town after two and a half hours
we made our way back to the ship after dinner the show was a tribute to Johnny Cash.
After they moved the Silver Nover out and she went on her way they started to turn us around
which took the best part of 50 minutes we then set out into the Coral sea.
Sunday 17/11/2024
The Journey at Sea Day 19
We rounded Cape York at 01 35 and headed Southeast in mild seas till around 14 00 Hours
when the seas got a little choppy and the temp down to 30 degrees then it try to rain but only a
couple of drops then it was all clear again till sunset.
It is now 21 45 Hrs. off Hopevale Queensland coast and the waves are about 2and a half mts.
