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Thank you @MrsWaldo!

On a curious note....folks may remember that I requested a special dinner featuring crayfish. Response was that the Chef did not have access to crayfish. This morning I was reviewing the dinner menu for the Restaurant tonight. Guess what! Crayfish is an appetizer tonight. After almost 3 days at sea, where did the crayfish get delivered? Air drop? 😅

Thank you Lola! We'll see how this plays out! 🥰

Beautiful photos! Thank you for posting them!!!!

Thanks @turtlemichael ! That's what I remember as well. In 2016 it was a bus shuttle from White Bay Terminal to Darling Harbour.

Thank you Lola! It seems we are docked at White Bay. We're not sure at the moment whether there will be transport to Circular Quay. We'll see how this plays out! 😁

Whoa! Those are steamy temps! We'll pace ourselves! Thank you for the heads-up! 🥰

Today is a sea day. It makes for boring reading. Here are more photos from Pukeiti Gardens..... Tomorrow is the last sea day before arrival in Sydney, Australia.

Thank you @JSR !🥰

Thank you @drron29! You are a wonderful source of info! 🥰

Today is a sea day. Here are some random photos from our adventure. Special request dinner served in our suite was lobster instead of crayfish (might have been thermidor and not my recipe as that dish is always available in the Restaurant)..... Our cruise corner in the suite (New Year's Eve head gear, Mardi Gras adornments and the Valentine's Day rose in a water glass from the Pool Deck)......

Myster and I are both big fans of wine! We're looking forward to Australia and Japan. 😁

Just to caution you @mchell810, the Included excursion that visited 2 wineries in Napier offered better wine than Okurukuru (in our opinion). This is not really a wine growing area. The Gardens were beautiful though.

The excursion has a charge. It was $169 pp USD. There was an Included excursion called New Plymouth Panoramas. There was also New Plymouth Historic Walk and I'm not sure whether or not it was Included.

Photos from the winery Okurukuru...... Tomorrow is a sea day en route to Sydney, Australia.

We did an excursion in New Plymouth called Pukeiti Gardens and Okurukuru Winery. The Gardens have many Rhododendrons. Photos from Pukeiti Gardens.....

Today we are in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Photo from the sail in and one from our greeting by a choir from a local school.....

Photos from today's Discover Nelson on Foot excursion..... Walk along the Maitai River..... Queen's Garden..... Beautiful tree on the walk... Melrose House.... Christchurch Cathedral... Tomorrow we are in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Beautiful photos! And the head band is amazing! 😁

Today we are docked in Nelson, New Zealand. We have an excursion early afternoon called Discover Nelson on Foot. Photos to follow. Tonight we are scheduled to have our 4th special meal request in our suite. This is the crayfish dish I described in an earlier post. It may be lobster because the Chef does not have access to crayfish.

Thank you @highplanesdrifters! Just a minor side effect from the antibiotic. It's all okay! 😁

Today we are in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Myster went off solo for the Whale Watching cruise. Some photos ..... Orcas..... Tomorrow we are in Nelson, New Zealand.

Today we are in Akaroa, New Zealand. We did an excursion called Akaroa Harbour Cruise. It was a tad windy and chilly. The scenery was spectacular. Photos from the sail in this morning..... From the harbour cruise..... Tomorrow we are in Kaikoura, New Zealand.

Today we are in Wellington, New Zealand. Beautiful temperatures, bright sunshine, wicked wind. We took an excursion called Storm Coast which took us from the Aotea Quay along the coast to Pencarrow Lodge. Spectacular scenery along a rugged coast. Sail in to Wellington..... Welcome..... The drive along the coast......built in 1858 Pencarrow Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in New Zealand..... Photos from Pencarrow Lodge where we were served delicious coffee, sandwiches, lamb tartlet, cookies and cakes..... There was a farm dog demonstration of sheep herding. Tomorrow we are in Akaroa, New Zealand.

It was one of the best excursions so far! 😁