Friday 5 June 2026: True North II, King George Falls – Sylvia Wow and wow! This keeps getting better. True North has a slogan: Life’s Different After… and I do feel that I have rekindled my youthful spirit a bit being here. We woke this morning and at 6:45 Guia, one of the crew led […]
Monday 1 June 2026: True North II, Roe River and Porosous Creek – Sylvia It was nice to have a gentler start this morning. Some of the guests took off on the tenders for a fishing trip at 6am but we had a later breakfast at 7am and then had an hour or two to […]
Thursday 28 May 2026: True North II, Buccaneer Peninsula – Sylvia We woke early this morning after a peaceful night, with only gentler rocking as we cruised northward into the Kimberley’s. We had arrived overnight in the Buccaneer Peninsula, a large area of 884 island (more than 1000 at low tide). After a light breakfast […]
Saturday 23 May 2026 – Adelaide: Roger It was about 4am when the bumpy ride came to a halt at Port Augusta. We stopped here for the best part of an hour. I found out later it was to change drivers. Around 5 we were on the move, again bumping along. Apparently the track […]
Monday 18 May 2026 – Auckland to Sydney: Sylvia After arriving in Auckland to join Roger on Sunday afternoon, we spent a quiet evening at home. We were up bright and early this morning with a 5:30am pick up arranged to take us to the airport to check in for our 8:10am Qantas flight to […]
Sunday 25 January 2026 – Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas USVI: Roger We arrived at St Thomas, the capital of the US Virgin Islands, at around 0630. With a population of about 51,000, the island was originally settled around 1500BC and later occupied by various tribes from the America’s. It was sighted by Columbus in 1493. […]
Thursday 22 January 2026 – At Sea: Roger At around 0700 the captain came over the intercom: “We are very sorry but with 30 knot winds we have been unable to berth at Basseterre in St Kitts”. It looks like this bloody ship is using a very poor form of berth control!! This is the […]
Saturday 17 January 2026 – At Sea: Roger We woke early after a night of smooth sailing and went down to meet Debbie and Dave at the Grand Dining room for breakfast. Dave in particular enjoyed the large array of food with enthusiasm and we all tucked into a hearty breakfast. We sat and chatted […]
Monday 12 January 2026 – Montego Bay, Jamaica: Sylvia We arrived at Montego Bay in Jamaica at about 7am. Shortly after that we received a phone call in the cabin asking me to go down to reception with my passport, as the immigration authorities had a few questions. I hurried down wondering what could be […]
Wednesday 7 January 2026 – Costa Maya: Roger We were awake just after 0600, with breakfast being delivered by Franzer, our on the ball and very ready to help, butler. We left the ship around 0730 for the long walk down the pier to the small port town of Costa Maya. Originally a fishing village […]