G’day mates.  In Adelaide today with all the Bruces and Sheilas. 

A very beautiful city blending old and new and so clean. North Terrace is the most interesting Street as it is where Government House, State Parliament, City Museum, City Art Gallery, The War Memorial and the State Library can be found.

A couple of photos of Street scenes: (I hope you like the bronze pigs)

The kennels on board.  Please note the fire hydrant and the lamp post installed for the dogs’ “convenience” 

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Valentine’s Day on board en route to Adelaide — a couple of pictures.

In Busselton, a small town south of Perth. They don’t get many cruise ships so they had really made a huge effort to make us welcome.  There’s not a lot to do so we wandered down Main Street taking in the sights and sounds. The QM2 is too large to get in close to the jetty, so we were moored 3 miles off and were ferried back and forth on tenders (otherwise known as the ship’s lifeboats). The weather was fine in the morning but the rain came in at about 2.00pm, the result was that people who had chosen to ride on top of the tender got quite wet as you will see from the photo — still, it was warm rain. The other picture is me with Mr Bussel, the founder of Busselton (in around 1840, I believe)

A brilliant day in Perth with lovely weather.

We were met off the ship in Fremantle by friends Elfie and Ro. They gave us a tour of downtown Perth and a visit to the Mint where we saw gold being poured into an ingot.

We then went to Kings Park/Botanical Gardens where we had lunch followed by a long walk with spectacular views of the city. Tonight we are on the way to Busselton, we will arrive tomorrow morning (Monday). 

Some pictures of Mauritius where we spent the day at a beach resort.

Trying again with the Reunion pictures

Back in business with the photos — shared between devices using Airdrop, why didn’t I think of that before (Doah). 

So, here are 3 from Reunion. Mauritius will follow as a separate posting

I am having difficulty with sharing photos between my devices. I think it’s to do with the slow satellite connection from the ship.  Anyhow, we had 4 sea days after leaving Port Elizabeth followed by one day in La Reunion and now, today, we have been in Mauritius. I will post some photos if and when I can get the Cloud sharing to work. 

Now we will have 7 days at sea on the way to Fremantle (Perth, Western Australia). We arrive there on Feb 12 when I will do my next posting. 

Jan 30

In port at Port Elizabeth.  We took a trip to “Pumbar” Game Park where we were driven round in a Land Rover for 3 hours. We saw elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, wart hog, white lions, white rhino, giant tortoise, zebra, and many types of antelope.