MicCanberra

Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Eden.?

I realise that, I am going off the one time we were moored at Athol Bay, out of the way from the ferries, in any case it doesn't matter where it is exactly as it is still a 15 minute tender trip to the docking point.

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Have you tried Trove?

If you have been in contact with any lake's or fresh water streams answer yes, temperature wouldn't matter. Definitely wash your swimmers, etc. The best thing to do is answer honestly, it may mean further questions, but that is much better than a fine or worse breaching our biosecurity and bringing in a bug or pest that may destroy our ecosystem or an industry.

Looks nice enough.

Busselton is a tender port, and you can walk into the main area. Albany has a dock but it still may be a tender port. Either way you may not be able to walk off the dock, they will likely have shuttle buses but it is close to town, Which ship are you on?

Yeah, I was wanting to swim to the shore or to the ship, either way it wasn't far.

I love the ones with seeds on top as well as in them, especially pumpkin seeds

Do they have nice bread rolls?

I was on a tender by lifou once, it broke down, we bobbed around and difted for ten minutes waiting for help. Instead of towing us back to the ship or to the dock, we then had to be moved onto another tender. It was a prolonged experience as we were bobbing around. The second tender then ran out of fuel. We were towed back to the ship by a third one.

Really, don't tell me you're a tender chicken.

It wasn't running January/February 2023 either

Yes, cruise dependent.

IME, the ships anchor off Athol bay (yellow dot) and then they tender to the Man O War steps by the Opera House (other yellow dot).

The gratuities will already be included in the price for your cruise.

I would still do both and just do the walk around the town and shops. Airlie Beach is likely a 20-25 minute tender ride, it is a relatively easy walk into the main town area although there are also cyclotour people that can ferry you into town if you don't want to walk it. For Yorkieys Knob, the tender ride is close to 30 mins and then there is a 25 minute shuttle bus into Cairns. That may be the one you want to miss.

Also note that the Service charģes are going up from $16 to $17 for insides to balcony, and suites go up to $19 as of 1 February 2024.

I once found that I couldn't make a purchase in Argentina, I didn't have enough pesos, I didn't want to use my Visa card due to fees, I offered USD but the exchange rate they wanted was horrible, so I walked out. The next day, they saw me walking past and offered me a much better rate. It was too late, I had found another shop.

I have recently prepaid mine on my upcoming cruise, the exchange rate was closer to $0.80 than the current exchange rate of $0.67.

Enjoy

https://www.boatingworld.com/question-answer/why-do-new-cruise-ships-have-straight-bows/ But do they still have the bulbous knob at the bottom of it?