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I believe the point of sale machines have a function to generate a signable slip if someone cannot enter a pin.   Just tell the assistant so they can press the correct buttons.

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Note that some cards like American Express and Diners club are not as widely accepted 

Best to keep with Visa or Mastercard. Discover is a no go. 
 

Good luck with the surgery Lyle. 
 

now for something different. … wa’s problem with time zone. I have been over for a wedding, but still find things to shake my head about. Yes, Easter bunnies and Christmas crackers.  

It will be interesting to see what impact Bonza will have if it can get its permits to fly. Fare structures and routes seem different, hopefully in a good way.

A friend, previously a cabin manager, is now at Bonza. He is very positive.

I had tried some of the links earlier in the day and got the message computer says no. 

I tried a couple just now and proceeded to the page.

I wonder whether they were doing some maintenance earlier.

There is/was a myki kiosk on the upper floor of Station Pier to but a card, or Explorer pack. Someone who has been through there recently may provide up to date info.

From the web, the Explorer would be the best value for a day visit.

7 minutes ago, AZjohn said:

Thank you, everyone seems so nice here 🙂 

 

We have been planning our once in a lifetime visit to both of your Countries next month and have been reading this board for 2+ years to try and learn as much as I can for our visit (and cruise).

 

Look forward to just having a coffee and chat with as many as I can while there 🙂 

 

Cheers,

John

Coming this way next month?

Hopefully you have the visa waiver process in hand.

2 hours ago, Bubbeh said:

Mr Bubbeh will be annoyed!  He's a veteran from the marble drop of 1970.  Anyone remember those days?

I was too young for that.

Mum has always said my older brother missed out by being born 3 hours into the next day.

Of course, we would be patriotic and fail the medical.

Happy New Year to one and all.

I hope everyone has had their hulls scraped for successful cruising.

I have previously arrived at OPT without luggage tags (meetings in Sydney, followed by cruise).

the very amenable luggage collectors had big bundles of tags and wrote them out for me.. of course, precovid.

Not sure if it meets the requirements, but the Medicare app can generate a digital certificate for Covid vaccinations.

I hate building floods. 
 

One Saturday around lunchtime, when I was head of school, I got a phone call from my deputy. Security had contacted her about some flooding in our office area. Didn’t sound much, but just drove to campus to have a look and talk to security. 
 

Well, it was much. A high pressure water pipe for the fire system had burst. I was on the top floor above a suite of offices, including mine and my deputies, plus some secure storage rooms. A lot of water comes out of those pipes, fortunately a phd student came in to do some research and reported the waterfall.

When I got there, the water was turned off and big fans were in place — and stayed a week or more. I asked about carpet replacement - not happening. When we opened the secure storage, we found severe damage to research and teaching materials. Many tens of thousands of dollars to replace, and a report to our accrediting body. My secure head stuff was in my EA’s office in a different location.

Facilities eventually gave us the all clear to re-occupy. The smell was not pleasant.  I got the Dean in and the head of facilities as I was not allowing my staff in. While they were there I asked if they had moved my filing cabinets, no was the answer. We had someone get a trolley and move one. A wonderous fungi forest was growing on the still very damp carpet.

Weeks and weeks of disruption.

Not quite a white (sand) Christmas.  It was 10am and people are staking out there spots on Williamstown Beach. forecast of 30c, about 80F.

I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable season.

Leigh has given good public transport detail to the zoo. For variety you could consider tram one way and train the other. 
 

Admission to the zoo must be done online, not at the gate. 
 

It is a very good general zoo. Modern exhibition spaces and nice grounds. 

 

On a different orientation, if you are into sport the MCG tour and Australian Sports Museum are certainly worth considering.  Either a nice stroll from the city centre, or short tram ride. 
https://www.mcg.org.au/things-to-do/mcg-tour

44 minutes ago, buchhalm said:

They are in mourning because Dan is still in power.

It is probably anti-mourning colours.

Dan’s number of seats actually increased.

Santa Claus is coming to Williamstown.

Oh so subtle

12 hours ago, eddieg07410 said:

I have seen a number of tours of this type but none that leave the cruise port. We have 11 hours in port so more than enough time to see the sites.

What date will you be in Melbourne?

Major roadworks are taking place which would preclude outings going west 

Sunday morning modern technology (lens too long, but just squeezed it in).

30 minutes ago, AZjohn said:

As a related question regarding the Grand, did they eliminate smoking inside the casino also while doing Australia/New Zealand itineraries?
Cheers,

John 

Absolutely.

Prohibited under Australian law. There are no indoor smoking areas.

39 minutes ago, arxcards said:

Wiliamstown?

Yes. I have lived here about 30 years.

ok, Possum's pics far better.

Shooting across a long distance, early in the morning into the sun rise.

I took a couple of shots this morning from my side of the Bay, about 4km I think,

Viking facing us.

Will post if any good.

These artistic renderings appeared after one of the “upgrades” to the operating systems.

There were lots of requests to remove them, but it was made abundantly clear they were going to stay.

You will need a visa for each country.

Typically done with the electronic process (assuming you are travelling on an appropriate passport, US etc).

The Australian ETA must be applied for through the app. Do it now in case of any glitches.

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/electronic-travel-authority-601#HowTo

New Zealand has its own process.