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Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 45
- 16 Feb 2024, 8:24 PG
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitud: 16 kaki
- Australia Fremantle Station -32.052876, 115.74573532°3’10” S 115°44’45” E
Morning in Fremantle
16 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Four years ago our world cruise was interrupted in Fremantle due to Covid.

Today in Fremantle we have an afternoon tour that will end at 11pm. We are staying overnight. In the morning we walked to the center of the city and visited fantastic marker, prison and just walked streets of the town.
Came back on the ship, had lunch and now ready to go on our tour.Baca lagi
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Two to TravelWe really enjoyed Fremantle. Hope the tour was good.
16/02/24BalasTerjemah
6 suka
Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 45
- 16 Feb 2024, 5:36 PTG
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitud: 223 kaki
- Australia The Pinncales -30.603542, 115.16330730°36’13” S 115°9’48” E
Fremantle, Australia. Star Gazing
16 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
In the afternoon at 1:00pm we met our group and started to drive north of Fremantle.
We stopped few times to take some pictures and then arrive at the sand dunes.

It was a fun stop. Some people chose to stay in the restaurant, but the rest of us went sliding down the sand mountain. The hardest part was to climb up. No chair lifts.
I managed to go down three times.

On the way to the desert, we picked people from the restaurant and had a nice 20 minuted walk around.

After driving for another hour we arrived at the Pinnacle desert. We have never seen anything like that. The pictures cannot do the justice to this magnificent place.

The Pinnacles are amazing natural limestone structures, formed approximately 25,000 to 30,000 years ago after the sea receded and left deposits of sea shells. Over time, coastal winds removed the surrounding sand, leaving the pillars exposed to the elements. The Pinnacles range in height and dimension - some stand as high as 3.5m.

After sunset, tour guides sat up telescopes and binoculars to see the stars and were pointing to the formations. They also prepared a simple yummy dinner with wine.

We left the desert after 9:00pm and arrive back on the ship at 12:15am.
After shower (I had sand all over my body), straight to bed, have get up early to go to Perth for 9:00am walking tour.Baca lagi
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Two to TravelWe will do a tour to the Pinnacles from Perth. What was the name of the company from Fremantle.
18/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia Gelmanhttps://www.lumineertours.com.au/ from Perth
18/02/24BalasTerjemah
PengembaraYes, stargazing in the Southern Hemisphere with its bright and crowded Milky Way is an amazing experience, glad you had a chance for it on this trip
18/02/24BalasTerjemah
7 suka
Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 46
- 17 Feb 2024
- ☀️ 91 °F
- Altitud: 207 kaki
- Australia John Oldham Park -31.96068, 115.84481831°57’38” S 115°50’41” E
Perth, AU
17 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Since we are overnight in Fremantle and Perth is only 40 min from it, we booked a walking tour in Perth for 9:00am.

Perth is a capital of Western Australia.

We decided to safe some time and energy and not go on public transportation, but took an Uber. When we got to the meeting point, I received a phone call notification that the meeting point has been moved to a different location. Fortunately, it was only 10min walk.

We met the group of 3 British and one Argentinian. The tour was 2 hours and by 11:15 we were done.

The tour guide highly recommended Kings Park, but before that we needed pharmacy and lunch. The pharmacy was 15 min walk and right across from it was Japanese restaurant.

We took another Uber to the park. By that time it was very very hot 95 degrees.
After spending 90 minutes in the incredible park, we could not take the heat any longer.

We took free bus to the train station, then train to Fremantle and a shuttle to the ship.

By 8:00pm we were in bed sleeping. Tomorrow is a sea day.Baca lagi
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7 suka
Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 48
- 19 Feb 2024
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- Indian Ocean -35.393032, 132.1458635°23’35” S 132°8’45” E
Albany, AU
19 Februari 2024, Indian Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Albany is a city at the southern tip of Western Australia.

It was an uneventful day.
First, we took a two hours boat tour. Saw some rock formations, one sea lion and birds. The boat ride was pleasant and the captain was very funny.

After this tour we walked around the town, had lunch and came back on the ship around 3:30PM.Baca lagi
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Two to TravelEsperance is east of Albany … so close!
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia GelmanNow we are going west. Next time we should plan better😉
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Two to TravelWest? Where are you going to next?
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia GelmanPort Lincoln tomorrow, then Kangaroo Island and then Adelaide on 24th
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Two to TravelOh … so you are heading east. Hope you make it to Kangaroo Island. Too rough to tender when we were on Regatta, but we’re going there for a few days in early April.
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia GelmanYou are absolutely correct. We are going east. The time changes screwed up my brain.
21/02/24BalasTerjemah
Two to Travel😁
21/02/24Balas
6 suka
Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 51
- 22 Feb 2024, 10:05 PG
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitud: 305 kaki
- Australia Port Lincoln -34.825653, 135.68484534°49’32” S 135°41’5” E
Port Lincoln, Australia
22 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Our tour started at 9:00AM. The weather is perfect today. Warm, but not hot and a brilliant blue sky.

Our first stop was Mikkira koala sanctuary.

Mikkira Station is a tranquil secluded privately owned property 25km South of Port Lincoln near the Southern tip of Eyre Peninsula. It is also possible to camp on the property during winter.

There we saw koalas with babies, kangaroos, emus, sheep’s and cows.

We were served coffee and teas with cookies.

Then we stoped at the numerous places to take pictures. We also stopped at the beautiful winery.
At 2:00PM our bus stopped in the city. Port Lincoln is the Australian fish capital. We were hoping to have lunch, but it was a little too late.

We walked around the city (population 15,00) and then took a nice waterfront 1 mile path to the ship. Back on the ship at 3:30PM.Baca lagi
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Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 52
- 23 Feb 2024, 1:28 PTG
- 🌬 68 °F
- Altitud: 102 kaki
- Australia Emu Ridge -35.832467, 137.56442235°49’57” S 137°33’52” E
Kangaroo Island, AU at last.
23 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
At 10:00AM our captain announced we are going to Kangaroo Island and departure is extended to 7:00PM.
The question is what to do with our private tour. Is it still be available?

By 11:00AM we got informed the tour is going to be available. Some people found a different tour, some decided not to go.
By noon, we got tender tickets and were on the first tender boat. Found our tour guide and started the tour. 10 minutes into driving our tour guide got a phone call. Eight more people came on the second tender and wanted to join our tour. We turned around to get them.

Kangaroo Island lies off the mainland of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Over a third of the island is protected in nature reserves, home to native wildlife like sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species.

Our first stop was honey farm where we could buy local made honey.
Our second stop was Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery. Again it was a little shop with local produce of lotion, soap and liquor.

Our next stop was much more interesting and very cold. We stopped at Seal Bay.
It was a long cold but beautiful walk to the beach with lots of seals on it.

Then we stopped at place with lots of different animals. Something like a zoo.

It was time to go back. We took the last tender back on the ship. Quick dinner and then the best show of our trip.
Tomorrow is an early rise to go on overland trip.Baca lagi
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Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 52
- 23 Feb 2024
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitud: 20 kaki
- Australia Adelaide Airport -34.937921, 138.54109534°56’17” S 138°32’28” E
Change of Itinerary. No Kangaroo Island
23 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
At 4:30PM yesterday we were informed our next stop for today is cancelled. No Kangaroo Island today. Not due to the weather, but due to the fact that the bottom of the ship has to be cleaned before New Zealand arrival.
The ship has be cleaned min of 12 miles from the shore. Now we have 6 divers on the board.
As I am writing this at 8:45AM, there is another announcement: the sea is too rough for the divers, so no cleaning.
As I understand, no future plans for today.Baca lagi
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Two to TravelBummer. This happened to Regatta … I think in 2022 .. they lost a couple of days for this cleaning requirement. It’s why we added Kangaroo Island as a just in case to our rod trip. Figured we would cancel it if Regatta managed to get ashore. It didn’t, so now we will take the ferry when we get to that portion of our trip.
22/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia GelmanIf I knew that, we would do it yesterday from Port Lincoln and then go to Adelaide. I am upset.
22/02/24BalasTerjemah
Two to TravelAt least the cleaning on your ship is so you can go to New Zealand. The cleaning on Regatta was done on the circumnavigation, filled with pax who were not going on to New Zealand. I would have been royally pis***d had it happened to us, not just upset.
22/02/24BalasTerjemah
4 suka
Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 53–54
- 24 Feb 2024
- Bermalam: 1
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitud: 112 kaki
- Australia Flagstaff Gardens -37.810353, 144.95610437°48’37” S 144°57’22” E
Adelaide, AU. Overnight
24–25 Feb 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
At 7:30AM we had to report for inspection since we were leaving the ship for 3 days. By 8:30 we got cleared and met with my nephew who was waiting for us.
He drove us to his home and it was very nice to see family again. Last time we saw them in 2019 in London where they lived. At that time their daughter was 8 mounts old and now she is a beautiful 5 years old girl.

As of sightseeing, we got a tour of the city, went for lunch to the hills, where there lots of wineries and had wonderful family evening.

In the next morning, we went to see kids swimming lesson and then to the airport for our flight to Melbourne.Baca lagi
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Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 54–55
- 25 Feb 2024
- Bermalam: 1
- ☁️ 88 °F
- Altitud: 56 kaki
- Australia Flinders Street railway station -37.81723, 144.96777337°49’2” S 144°58’4” E
Melbourne, AU. Overnight
25–26 Feb 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
We landed in Melbourne close to 2:00PM.
Took Uber to Radisson Hotel and went straight to Queens Victoria Market. Today is Sunday and market opens till 4:00PM, tomorrow it is closed. Also we were starving, last meal was breakfast. We managed to find first food truck and had a light late lunch of dumplings.
After lunch we still had some time to walk around the market.
After market we walked to St. Paul Cathedral in the CBD (central business district).

In style, it looks pretty much like the grand Cathedrals of Europe. The Cathedral is built in the neo-Gothic transitional style, partly Early English and partly Decorated.
It was build in the second part of 19 century. Across the street you can see a typical railroad station.

It’s all located near the Federation Square in the very heart of the city. There are many different attractions around, but all of them open till 5:00PM only.

We wondered in center of the city until we came to the building with observation deck on 88 floor in Europa Tower. We decided to see the city from the top.

After that we walked along the river to the Crown casino and Entertainment center.
No interest in gambling, but was getting late and it was our only option to see inside the building.

By now we were getting ready for some food. We settled on Vietnamese. After dinner, we walked back to the hotel. Time to rest.

Next morning after breakfast we took subway to Royal Botanic Gardens. The weather was perfect for this. What a beautiful place!

Instead of lunch, we decided to just have a famous Melbourne coffee and pastry.

On the way to the restaurant, we stopped at the Shrine of Remembrance, which is the Victorian national memorial to Australians who have served in war and peacekeeping operations.

Then we walked to the yummy place. Brunettis Cafe. It did not disappoint us. The flourless chocolate cake was delicious and the coffee was first class.

Happy, we took a tram to the hardware store. The wheelchair motor needs fixing.

Back to the hotel to get our stored luggage and backpack with motor and then another tram to the ship.Baca lagi
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PengembaraMmmmm. Brunetti’s😋
27/02/24BalasTerjemah
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Sonia Gelman Australia and NZ 2024
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 57
- 28 Feb 2024
- ☁️ 82 °F
- Altitud: 7 kaki
- Australia Victoria Dock -42.882187, 147.33508342°52’56” S 147°20’6” E
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Hobart, Tasmania. AU
28 Februari 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
For some reason I overlooked this port. Nothing was planned.
All ship tours were sold out. I found short one tour online to go to Mt. Wellington. Great, we can spent the rest of the day in the town.
When we came to meet our tour, I asked if they have any afternoon options. They had a tour to historic Richmond Village and Bonorong sanctuary. Great, we will have one hour break between tour to grab some lunch.
When we got on the bus, the tour guide/driver told us we can stay with him all day long. Some people were taking all day tour.

The morning drive to Mt. Wellington took 30 min.

The views from Mount Wellington are amazing. We were fortunate to have a lovely clear day and were able to wander around and see the views in all directions. The road up is narrow, steep, winding and 2 way traffic, including buses, so it's a bit hairy.

We came back around noon and our next stop was The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Beautifully manicured grounds, unfortunately we had only 40 min to walk around. We rushed to see beautiful Japanese gardens and rushed back to our bus.

Fifteen minutes later we arrived to Richmond Village.

The intact colonial-era town has more than 50 Georgian buildings, many operating as cafes, restaurants, galleries and accommodation. Richmond Bridge (1825) is the oldest bridge in Australia.
We settle in one of this restaurants and has a great lunch. Unfortunately, that did not leave us time to explore the village.

Back on the bus we went to the sanctuary. Lots of animals. The only probe it was an afternoon and quite warm and animals were resting and hiding from the sun. I had a chance to walk among kangaroos and feed them. Also we saw Tasmanian devil.

Overall it was a good stop.

We came back on the ship at 5:30PM, took a shower and were planning to go back on the shore (the ship was in port till 5:00AM next day), for dinner, but then we felt so tired and not very hungry and decided to have a light dinner on the ship and go to sleep. It was a good decision as around 6;30 there was a pouring rain and lightning.
Tomorrow we have another port day.Baca lagi
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Two to TravelNice … we were going to do Richmond and the Bonorong Sanctuary on the way to Port Arthur, but took a different road to get there so did not make it to these two places.
29/02/24BalasTerjemah
Sonia GelmanThere is always next time.
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Two to Travel I know exactly where you took this photo ;-)
29/02/24BalasTerjemah
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