Just after midnight I woke in that half-awake, half-sleep state with a feeling of the bed moving. When I came to and remembered my surroundings I realised we must have been out on the deep seas of Bass Strait as the room was moving up and down. We had a decent sleep in the end but the 5:45 am wake up call from the captain was a shock to the system. By the time we had showered we had docked in Devonport and before 8:00 am we were off of the boat and sitting in McDonalds taking advantage of a coffee voucher. An eerie feeling for a tourist driving around town having been awake for a few hours when half of the locals had not even risen from their slumber yet. It was a bleak day
... read more
