Day 7a-Picton

Millie and Lindz slept late as all 3 of us had a really bad night; Millie waking every hour, etc.
I got up at 05:30 and went up on the top deck to watch the ship come in through Queen Charlotte Sound to dock at Shakespeare Bay, a working dock for harvesting and milling of Huon Pine and Douglas Fur.
When I got back to the room after having breakfast, Millie and Lindz had just finished getting ready and made their way down to the lounges to get their shuttle tickets into Picton.
I had a shore tour booked, Queen Charlotte Sound by Kayak, and it didn't meet until 10:45 so I went and had a seat at the Crown Grilled Bar and read my book for an hour before changing and heading to the Princess Theatre. We were 45 minutes late to our bus as there was a delay for buses for the 4 tours ahead of mine.
Once on the bus we drove for about 20 mins to Nagakuta Bay, where we met our guides for the Kayaking Tour.
They were 2-person Kayaks, and I pared up with a woman who was there with her 2 teenage children. We kayaked for just over an hour, about 2.5km around Nagakuta Bay. It did get a little windy, but was otherwise fairly enjoyabe and we saw jelly fish and a good number of Manta Rays.
After the tour we were shuttled back to the ship, the driver giving us a good little talk about Picton, as she is a local bus driver in the area.
Once back on board the ship aprox 15:00 I met up with the girls, got some afternoon tea and had a rest until our dinner booking at 17:40 and 80s theme night.
As we were leaving Picton, one of the tug boats ran along side the Discovery Princess with Santa on board, who gave the ship a send off.
Millie to Kids Club, while Lindz and I went and did the 1980s trivia, had some drinks and turned in for the night. After our bad night sleep last night, we needed the early night.Read more