cruiseyboy

Our P&O cruise I335 leaves in a week from Brisbane. The itinerary has changed which gives an option of a refund. I’ve had a look without much success, is there a way to see a rough prediction on the weather? Whether it will be smooth sailing or potentially rough. I found one site which showed winds a week out, which isn’t quite enough, but even then unsure if that translates exactly to rough seas or how any of that works!

Thanks Vader. Do you hire them from the port itself, or is there shuttle into town? I was very surprised in Lifou when there were no “sales guys” waiting around, we’ve done a lot of travel and quite happy to pay randoms on the fly and wing it overall, rather than pay a premium for an organised tour which is often slow and includes something you’d rather skip anyway. Any idea how much a day trip will cost?

We’ve got an upcoming cruise and doing some research to make use of the destinations. We’ve been to Noumea and Lifou before but not Vanuatu. 1) Looks like New Caledonia isn’t requiring COVID specifically mentioned so now we can use our Westpac card insurance (which does mention cruise) 2) Lifou, last time we were there was nothing to book on shore which was surprising. Is there a way of getting to Cliffs of Jofin without pre-booking a tour? 3) Port Villa. We won’t have local currency on us only Wise travel card, is there a bus that transits to the city from the port like Noumea? From what I can see there isn’t but that seems weird. Possibly a taxi will take us on “yeah we’ll visit an atm and pay you” but can’t imagine any form of a good rate 😀