Whisper WC.4 Sydney to HK

Not at all happy with White Bay Cruise Terminal. Isolated, transportation difficult and who wants to ride a bus over the Anzac Bridge when you should be on a ferry! Rant over. Love Sydney!

White Bay sux

Apologies from a local..

Read the complaints on Seabourn

I wish in could apologise but everyone is yet to realise that premium cruise lines bring in more $ than the stop and go change overs...

White Bay sux

 

 

 

Apologies from a local..

 

Read the complaints on Seabourn

 

I wish in could apologise but everyone is yet to realise that premium cruise lines bring in more $ than the stop and go change overs...

The daft thing is that I was looking for where Whisper was docked on the navigation app and I expect it to be at the Terminal on Circular Quay. But there hasn't been a ship docked at the terminal on Circular Quay since Whisper arrived so also presumably had been an option but wasn't used because it costs more.

It is a shame because it really is at an inconvenient place for such a short visit.

Jeff

Azamara Quest and Le Soleal were there nose to tail

SB and SS did the same at White Bay

Sydney Ports allocates based on size

When I was there on Seabourn Odyssey we docked at Circular Quay.

Alas, didn't we all, back in the day![emoji4]

Here are a couple of pictures from our Sydney adventures. First up is a picture of hearts floating in Darling Harbour for Valentine's Day.

Next is a picture from our visit to the Chinese Friendship Garden.

We did a cheese and wine tour to the Hunter Valley from Newcastle today. It was spectacular! We visited the Hunter Valley Cheese Company, Tyrrell's Wines, Saddler's Creek Winery and then Margan for lunch and a wine tasting.

Here is a picture of the cheese tasting.

And here is a picture of Margan winery.

Not at all happy with White Bay Cruise Terminal. Isolated, transportation difficult and who wants to ride a bus over the Anzac Bridge when you should be on a ferry! Rant over. Love Sydney!

Yup, welcome to Sydney! World class city with no infrastructure or Internet!

I was following another couples blog from Hal world voyage, same problems! It's actually so close to darling harbour but they send people in buses !?

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Last night Mother Nature put on a very dramatic light show off the port side of the ship over the Whitsunday Islands. Lightening flashed through the clouds at the horizon. Nature's fireworks and it was awesome to see!

Today we were in Townsville, Australia (along the west coast south of Cairns). It was 34 C with 88% humidity. A steam bath! Myster has been craving Moreton Bay Bugs and our mission was to have them for lunch before we left Australia for Bali. He searched online last night and found a place on Palmer Street called Simply Tops Seafood Bar. We took the shuttle bus into town and struck out to find it. Luckily it was not too far from the shuttle drop off because we were both bathed in sweat soon after leaving the bus. The meal was excellent! We had a local beer and the Bugs. Here is a picture.

We then headed back to the ship to cool off. Here is a picture of Castle Hill from the cruise terminal.

Mysty - Where is your ship due to make landfall? I've been to most places in that part of the world.

Fletcher...tomorrow we are in Cairns for an overnight.

Mysty - and then where until you get to Honkers. Is it through the Torres Strait or up to Rabaul and then over the top of PNG?

Going to Bali so should be through the Torres Strait with a stop in Darwin would be my guess.

Thanks duct tape and Mysty for your WC posts (and pix).

Fletcher....We visit Thursday Island on Feb. 22, then Darwin on Feb 24, then Bali on Feb. 27. There have been 2 interesting lectures by the Pilot who is guiding the ship along the Reef.

Good guess drron29! :)

Most welcome WesW!

We have just spent two days in Cairns, Australia. It gave a whole new meaning to the concept of a sweat box! Temperatures around 36 C and humidity at 88%. Walking just a few blocks from the ship left us bathed in sweat!

The first day in port we did the Kuranda Skyrail/Scenic Train trip. We had arranged it with a private tour company and we had to walk to Pullman International Hotel for our pick-up. Thankfully the tour bus came early and we were able to cool off in the air conditioned coach.

The Skyrail trip to Kuranda was broken into three segments (2 stops along the way). The first stop named Red Peak had a boardwalk through the rainforest. Here is a picture.

The second stop was named Barron Falls. Here is a picture of the falls.

We are now sailing between the Great Barrier Reef and the east coast of Australia to Thursday Island.

We were in port at Thursday Island, Australia on February 22. Once again, extremely hot and humid. We did not have a tour from this port so we just walked around this sleepy place. Here is the welcome sign on the wharf.

And here is a view from the wharf.

After a sea day yesterday, we docked in Darwin, Australia this morning. Myster has gone of on a "Jumping Crocodiles" tour. He has taken the camera with him. Pictures may follow.

Today is a sea day en route to Bali. Here are a couple of pics from Myster's Jumping Crocodile excursion.

Great pics one of SS best excursions down under,did they let you dangle the meat for the crocs? Thank you for sharing your World Cruise experience with us all.Enjoy.

Thank you brimary! Myster says that they did not get to dangle anything over the side! :) No body part was to pass the boundaries of the boat! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment!

What a Venetian Night! Now 11 people aboard >1000 days! There were tons of Milestone Awards...5 complimentary cruises of 1 week's duration, 3 people received 14 day complimentary cruises, other weeks were dispensed to people who did not want to go on stage! Multiple awards of free laundry. Have never seen anything like it. Fun. There are 15 first-timers on board, they were invited to the party! Full house.

Our portion of the South America Grand Voyage also had a large list of people getting awards. It's nice to see so many loyal SS passengers.

So, are we all going on the Muse Venetians Only cruise? Say yes!

I hear some friends over there (J&D) hit the big 1000 this segment!