Blogs from Pacific, Oceans and Seas - page 31

Its been our final week now in Australia. Just to keep it simple and try our best not to ramble on like a good un, we have filled our last week in Sydney with lots of exciting things. Some included staying for a week in the red light district of Sydney called Kings Cross. Here we tried our best to pimp out ourselves but unfortunatly they couldnt understand the exchange rate and tax was a problem, so we just went out on day trips instead! Things to do which we did in Sydney: Walked on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Walked around the opera house, Walked on Bondi Beach where all the beautiful people are, needless to say we fitted in nicely there! Went to Manly Beach and bought a pair of thongs, I looked ... read more

The Australians call in "Tarka" weather, it's like normal weather but a little otter! There have been some comments, well only one, who has mentioned it that our crazy adventure stories are a bit long! So we've thought about this and decided to narrow it down a bit! Thus far in Australia we have done the following; Been to Hervey Bay and saw humpback whales, and spent the day on Fraser Island in a 4wheel drive lorry,  Enjoyed a session at a winery and sampled some wine, bought a coupla bottles and sampled more later, Went to Great Keppel Island and stayed 2 nights in a safari tent, listened to lots of wild life throughout the night, and some blokes wild girlfriend in the morning! She should have been approached with more caution, or not fed ... read more

This is mostly just so I can post some photos of me and my guys on the ship, but there is a story behind the photos. I will talk a little about that. For you non-military types, well, a ship is broken down into department that work (hopefully) like a well-oiled machine. There is Operations, Deck, Air, Engineering, Navigation, a few others... and then there is Supply. I seriously think they took everything else they couldn't find a normal department to run and made it supply. Food, mail, repair parts, consumable materials, ship's store, laundry. You name it, Supply takes care of it. If you need to find mocha starbucks coffee for the Admiral while you're steaming in the North Arabian Gulf, or maybe Diet Dr. Pepper is his/her fave drink, a Supply team can get ... read more

Well after we boarded our magic 'back to the future' which fast forwarded us 24 hours as it hit the runway doin a mysterious 88 mph we arrived in auckland at 4.05am after waiting around a bit.. Phoning some people and havin a long over due shower we made our way to collect what we will be calling home for the next few weeks! After gettin a airport shuttle bus thingy, with a driver who didnt know where he was takin us, we got dropped off about half a mile from the depot for our camper! Not a good start! To make things better it turned out the reservation on there computer said it was an airport pick up! Thats not what it said on MY email! So a half mile walk with our world on ... read more

Today is another 25 hour day, with the clocks rolling back at 2:00 AM again. That means we are making progress going westward and getting closer to the islands. We are also getting further south so the seas are smoother and the temperature warmer. This is actually going to be a “shorts day” for a change. Today’s travel episode is about Oahu, which is the only port where we have not yet booked our excursion. We had read some tour brochures but were able to learn more from the session. We went down a signed up for an all-day tour, should have time to get back into the hotel before dinner and then still have a chance to do something else on the last day before we leave for the airport. So we are going to ... read more