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I literally live there! I can see the non existent stop from my window. I watched its removal. We have advised tramtracker and PTV their maps and stops have been out of date for 13 months. The bus service replacement in Dec was for a separate reason relating to the tunnel works. We were advised of this in advance by PTV in writing as it affected our deliveries & Ubers etc. Your map doesn't show the city side of the river. There are now two stops (one in each direction) directly under the train bridge. The cruise shuttle buses park in the bus bays beside the Immigration Museum.

Not any more. They removed that particular tram stop over a year ago. The 109 Cruise shuttle bus does still terminate there but folks have to go back and cross Flinders street to under the train bridge to find the relocated tram stops for the 58. There is generally a PTV uniformed employee in the vicinity giving directions.

Is that a dig ? For providing a useful link ?

Hi Tania. Does that photo give you the info you need - as I moved homes a while ago and still have so many unpacked boxes. I think all my Oriana stuff is still packed somewhere as it wasn't in the first three places I looked lol !!

All the info for the cruise shuttle is on a single page here. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/events/2022/09/15/public-transport-during-the-2022-2023-cruise-ship-season/ The benefit of the shuttle is that you are not competing with commuters for space on the tram - plus all the stops between the port and the CBD.

These might be of use. My friends are nurses and use them as they also wear safety glasses. I started using them in summer when I'm wearing sunglasses with my mask. (Yes unlike Bazzaw myself and everyone I personally know still wear masks voluntarily whenever we leave our homes. To protect ourselves and to protect those around us who may be vulnerable). PS link is just a random one from google. If you do a search for "face mask straps" "face mask extenders" you will find loads of cheap ones on Amazon or eBay. I imagine they are in chemists too. https://www.earsaver.com.au/

Ahhh yuck. That's a familiar sight. Back in the mid 90s a huge bolt of lightning hit the power pole between myself & my neighbours. 2am! Pole also happened to be the only one in the street with a big transformer box on it. It all caught fire. In both of our houses everything was fried. Every powerpoint looked like your photo. Everything plugged in was destroyed. It was an interesting lesson in insurance companies. By the end of the next day my neighbours had vouchers for every single destroyed thing including food. And an electrician was sent by insurance company first thing in the morning. My insurance company - despite being given the identical reports by the power company and fire brigade, insisted on sending all fried electronics to "experts for analysis" and two weeks later were still ummming and ahhhing until I threatened to go to a friend who was a well known journo. Suffice to say I dumped that company once they finally paid up. The burnt plasticy small took ages to go away. Months. Very cloying.

Hi Tania i will dig it out and have a look for you.

Personally I avoid the sun so it's never been an issue for me. Solo cream applicators are always appearing in my Insta feed. Things like this one. https://shop.bakslap.com/products/bakslap-lotion-applicator If you do a google search for "sunscreen back applicator" you will see various similar products.

Do you not think that if yarn was banned - so would clothing ? 😆 If it was freshly shorn wool straight off a sheep's back - filled with potential seeds, burrs and bugs - that would be an issue. But plain old shop bought knitting yarn is no different to someone wearing a newly knitted scarf or beanie.

There is no tipping full stop. Zip nada zilch. Some taxi drivers are a law unto themselves sadly. If you are concerned a driver may surreptitiously add a tip to a credit card transaction then yes pay in cash exactly what is in the meter and hold your hand out till he gives you the change. Alternatively use Uber where you agree to a set price before accepting the booking.

we've had a few trip reports for Hurtigruten on the Trip Advisor Antarctica Adventures forum. This is the link https://antarcticafaqs.boards.net/thread/19/hurtigruten if it helps with searching and decision making you can also view all the trip reports sorted by expedition company https://antarcticafaqs.boards.net/board/8/trip-reports-sorted-expedition-company and sorted by ship name https://antarcticafaqs.boards.net/board/7/trip-reports-sorted-ship-name Or sorted by year so you can see the most recent ones from Dec 2022 as we just had a batch of people post reports recently. https://antarcticafaqs.boards.net/board/6/trip-reports-sorted-year that probably gives you too many options now !!! my opinion - having been 4 times. Luxury is of zero interest to me. All the vessels are comfortable. That is all that is needed. Don't waste your money on luxury. A posh cabin does not enrich the experience you will be having outside on the ship and during landings. Look for the smallest vessel, least amount of passengers, longest voyage your holiday allowance permits, and definitely include Falklands and Sth Georgia Islands. feel free to post your question on Trip Advisor as well. While there are a few of us that post in both forums there are many that post only in one or the other. https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowForum-g1-i12337-Antarctic_Adventures.html

My personal favourite since childhood is South by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Others on my bookshelf are: - Mawson by Peter Fitzsimons - Antarctica by David Day - Frank Hurley; A Photographers Life by Alasdair McGregor - A Gun For A Fountain Pen by George Murray Levick - The Stowaway by Laurie Gwen Shapiro (I travelled with the author when she was researching for this one). - An Antarctic Affair by Emma McEwin - Shackleton: A Life in Poetry by Jim Mayer (travelled with this author too). - Shackleton - Roland Huntford lighter novels - non historical fiction - Away With the Penguins, and Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior - Where'd you go to, Bernadette by Maria Semple - Out of the Ice by Ann Turner. these ones are on my "want list" - not yet bought. Excuse the descriptive text - I just pasted it all direct from my phones shopping list!! - Jon McGregor’s Lean Fall Stand - Emma Haughton’s page turner The Dark - James Tabor’s Frozen Solid - Simon Beaufort’s South Pole thriller The Killing Ship - Christopher Petersen, Whale Heart - Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (2021) is a great true story about Antarctic induced madness. - All the White Spaces By Ally Wilkes - 537 days of winter. David Knoff. Aus expedition Capt n antarctica during Covid. - Last Man Off. Matt Lewis. True story of fishing trawler that sunk near Sth Georgia. - Ice bound. Joy McCann. The Aus connection to Antarctica. - “Shiver” by NikkiGemmell, Aussie true story. - The ship beneath the ice. Mensun Bound. Story of finding the Endurance.

The ships doctors generally recommend you take your first pill at bedtime on night one. You will leave the Beagle Channel while you sleep. Another tip - don't let that be the first time you've ever taken that medication. I've witnessed so many interesting (and dangerous) side effect reactions in people who didn't think to try out the meds at home in the weeks before their trip. In the worst example we had to turn ship back to Ushuaia about 5 hours after we commenced our voyage to disembark a passenger having a terrible reaction. They went to hospital and we turned around and started our voyage again.

A popular one for cruisers in The Rocks area is http://www.washontherocks.com.au/ Plenty more if you go into google or google maps and search laundromat or laundry services for Sydney CBD.

Yes you are just buying a bed in the cabin size you choose (double/triple). The expedition company then matches you with someone of the same gender. I've shared with a stranger on 3 out of 4 of my trips. On the 4th one I was lucky and got the whole cabin to myself. Whoever you are booking with - direct with Antartpply, or via a travel agent, should supply you with a recommended packing list. But yes The boots are supplied - per this advice on the Antartpply website. https://antarpply.com/en/the-ushuaia/life-on-board I didn't see any reference to a gifted Parka as many other expeditions companies do - but the Ushuaia is one of the last true budget companies so it's likely how they keep costs down. I see on their site they have a partnership with a gear rental company - if you don't already own a parka and overpants and won't likely have need for them afterwards. https://antarpply.com/en/resources/passenger-info You can find past passengers on the Trip Advisor Antarctica Adventures forum https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowForum-g1-i12337-Antarctic_Adventures.html And it's FAQs which include loads of trip reports and packing hints. https://antarcticafaqs.boards.net

Lol ten points for a good pun !!

The simple answer is No. Full stop. Tipping is neither expected nor customary in either country and we prefer you leave such customs in your own country. NZ & AUS are two completely separate countries. With their own currency. For a cruise stop day trip there is really no need to be carrying cash. Just use a credit or debit card, tap&go, or AppleWallet etc.

You can pop over to the Antarctica Adventures forum on Trip Advisor and start a thread where there is no issues posting external links. Hope that helps. Atlas isn't one I'm personally familiar with yet but I run the FAQs on the Trip Advisor forum so I do try my best to keep track of all new vessels/expedition companies etc and add their details to the FAQs.

Covid happened. She was on one of the last small expedition vessels as lockdowns etc started affecting every country.

This was all that was mentioned on various TV sites re the shows cancellation. Suggesting it will be aired later in the year. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/07/nine-yanks-under-investigation-episode.html

On one of my trips we had a polar swimmer on board doing a series of 1km swims to raise awareness about pollution & environment & over fishing etc. During one swim there was an urgent radio call from the captain - who from high up on the bridge could see what the support crew down on the zodiac couldn't. A fast moving big bull fur seal heading towards the swimmer !!!! He swam a record fast few metres back into safety of the zodiac 🤣🤣

The thing with plunges is quite often it's not mentioned in an itinerary at all. It may just happen because a particular location, the weather and ice conditions (and lack of hungry seals) looks good and the expedition leader decides to do it then and there. Or if a landing happens at Deception Island - people often do a walk in plunge from the shore. If landing time permits.

It's worth noting that even if an expedition company has a polar plunge listed in their itinerary it may not happen. As with everything on a polar expedition everyone needs to be flexible in attitude. The weather, sea & ice conditions can change at any time and the captain & expedition leader will make changes to the itinerary. I recollect on one of my trips one of the polar plunges was cancelled as a leopard seal insisted on swimming round the gangway for an hour! My advice is to not have a list of "vital moments" in your wish list. (I say the same to people who have very exact lists of shore landing locations). You will only end up focused on them and then be disappointed when they don't happen. Instead reduce your expectations, relish the trip hour by hour and day by day. That way every experience is amazing.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Fact ! I've aged since I wrote that post !