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Words by Caroline Gladstone
After our rain and windswept expedition to Montgomery Reef, we arrived back at the ship like drowned rats, but laughing like school kids.well at least I was. It was a hot shower and then a hot cooked breakfast…I’ve got to say that was the first time I did breakfast twice on the [...]
Words by Caroline Gladstone.
You might say that Talbot Bay ‘rocks’; the place is just one great monument to rocks and heaven to geological junkies.
It’s also the site of the famous Horizontal Waterfalls. They are not exactly horizontal, nor are they falls, for that matter. A waterfall ‘effect’ is created by a rapid tidal flow [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery.
Hurricane season is upon us in North America where a great number of Australians cruise each year, it’s something some Australian travel agents forget to mention.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in collaboration with the National Weather Service, just predicted that [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery.
It’s great to know a few nautical terms when cruising. Here are some that may increase your cruise vocabulary:
Aft is the rear or near the rear of the ship. Amidships is the middle of the ship. Bow is the very front [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery to his Assistant, Sandra Tiltman.
As I get older and start suffering from some mobility problems, I have become really aware of the need for more and more disability friendly facilities on cruise ships. Most new vessels have special cabins that [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery to his Assistant, Sandra Tiltman.
Another great launch from Avalon Waterways who are renown for doing things with a lot of style. The launch was held at the luxurious Ocean Room Restaurant at the International Cruise Terminal in Sydney. Fergus Stoddart [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery.
Still in a great deal of pain spending four hours a day in rehab (2 hours in the gym and 2 hours exercising in the pool).
It’s a very slow process to get my right knee working again but I am inspired [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery.
I hope you will excuse the lack of photos on my daily blogs from hospital, I don’t think you would want to see a photo of me or my knee and Sandra hasn’t yet learned the intricacies of downloading photos into [...]
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