Golden Lion Ukulele Flash Mob

 Today we had an 'flash mob' ukulele in the Golden Lion ... for St Patricks Day.

Bitung Indonesia

Today we did a 7-hour trip around Bitung: We went to the Capital of North Sulawesi, Manado, saw the big statue of Christ, went to the Chinese Temple and the Cathedral. Lunch at the Novotel. It rained at the start, and our bus almost stopped, but an enjoyable day ....

Chinese temple

Our bus

Huge statue of Christ

Cathedral

Back seat ...

Crossing the Equator (again) ..

Between Darwin and Indonesia, we had a crossing of the Equator Ceremony, this time at the outdoor pool.

Darwin

Last Port in Australia - we went on a long coach tour starting off in the rain, and taking in the large termite mounds and waterfalls, with lunch on the way. Very enjoyable.

Green Ant!!

Magnetic Termite mound ...

Passing Queen Anne

 We'd both left on the same day at Southampton, and we passed just inside the Great Barrier Reef just north of Cairns, going different ways around the world!! Lots of Horn Blowing ...

Yorkeys Knob (Cairns)

 We're too big to fit into Cairns, so we are anchored here with tenders (large local boats as well) taking us to shore. We went on the Kuranda railway through the rain forest, and went Gold Class so we got free drinks and snacks, very good 🍹🧉 ... saw a number of waterfalls as it is raining a bit here.

Our train

Carriage

Brisbane

 We're at the Cruise Terminal and had to reverse in as we were too big! We then went out with Peter and Vera and talked family history.

QM2 on berth

On the way to Ipswich

Family Photo

QM2 docked, came in backwards