Cruise Map of New Zealand

March 7 – Boarding our Cruise Ship

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March 7th 2014
Today we embark on the first cruise day of our vacation – aboard the Sun Princess. By our count, this is actually the 9thcruise we have taken. By comparison to the other ships we have sailed on, the Sun Princess is somewhat smaller than some of the larger ships we’ve been on lately. We have gotten an e-mail from the cruise line and the Cruise Director for this cruise will be the same pe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more