January, 2020 - Fabulous Travels

Antipodes 2020 day 13 – scenic cruising

Scenic cruising is a euphemism for no ports today. Instead we’re wandering around the fjord lands of South Island New Zealand. It’s […]

We awake to a mill-pond sea today. Captain said swells would be about 2m but in fact they are barely discernible. Although […]

A day at sea, crossing the Tasman, mixed cloud but early twenties / seventies so very pleasant. Normally we’d be out doing […]

After breakfast we pack, leave our bags with the concierge and head off to nearer sites. These are mostly around the World […]

Yet another hideously early start! So far this holiday has been noteworthy for some curious reasons, and three out of seven pre six AMs […]

After a good night we’re raring to go, but having had nothing beyond a dreadful to nonexistent signal for the best part […]

Oh what a night! Waking suddenly around 02:00 my first thought is the lighting has gone faulty, but the night-light is a […]

A more leisurely start today, we don’t get up until 06:40 what a lie.in! Except we accidentally set it an hour earlier […]

As previously mentioned, the train’s timetable dictates everything so we’re up at 05:45 and we pull into Rawlinna, a town that closed […]

We would have liked more time in Perth, but work schedules prevented us from departing home earlier, and train schedules prevent us […]