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This must have been from the Pig & Whistle. Since we were in Australia and NZ, Royal offered wines from this region.

I am not familiar with the prices of Baileys so I don't know whether this is a good deal.

Shipboard currency is US Dollars.

The Royal Promenade, 10:10pm.

They put out interesting stuff on sale every evening. The stuff on offer does change. So, if you see something you really like at these tables, get them otherwise you may have to take another cruise to see them again.

The La Scala theatre at about 9pm. It was the production show tonight and it was rather full. The capacity of the threatre is 1,200.

This was from Deck 4. Take note that the best seats on Deck 4 are reserved for Gold seapass card holders (GS and above, plus Pinnacle)

Oh, I took a picture of the receipt before throwing it away.

So I put in 20.88L of Diesel into the rental car (Ford Expedition).

Sailing from Hobart. Our depature was on time.

Ok, a shamless plug for my country, Singapore.

Don't you think this plaque is cool? Those are supposed to be Orchids.

Our national flower is an Orchid hybrid - Vanda Miss Joaquim

http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=67

I found this outside the Windjammer, where they put up all these plaques. Very interesting just to take a look.

The Voyager's inaugural call at Hobart was 13 Nov 2012.

Taken from Deck 4, after dinner.

There was an earlier question on how long dinner would take. We usually start promptly at 6pm. According to our waitress, we eat rather quickly (typical Asian haha).

The time stamp on this photo was 7:21pm. So, our dinner would have lasted about 1 hr 15 min. (6pm to 7:15 thereabouts)

On the cruise ship, I like to have coffee after lunch and dinner.

In the past, I used to add milk and sugar.

One thing I learnt after a couple of cruises. Just drink the coffee black, no sugar, no milk. It helps cut down on some calories.

Take the black coffee with dessert. The desserts are already sweet. No need for the coffee to be sweet too! :)

Sugar free coconut slice.

Orange Chocolate Parfait. Yummy.

Berrymisu

The dessert menu, Day 3 (Hobart).

Beef Stroganoff. This was delicious. I remember we had it on the Voyager in June and it was quite good. This time round, it was really delicious!

Prawn Goyza. (or shrimp won-ton)

The Pork Loin.

Grilled fillet of Australian Trevally.

The Crab Cake.

Cheers!

Back onboard, we were definitely hungry! Didn't eat much since breakfast, which was good, since we had been eating too much!

Dinner menu:

Welcome back to the ship!

I am beginning to appreciate how useful the time stamp on the digital photographs are! Remember to set your camera time properly and you'd have great records, if you need them.

The time stamp of the picture taken at the cross junction of Argyle and Davey was 5:12pm.

The time stamp of the photo below was 5:28pm.

We were walking leisurely back to the ship (since we were carrying quite a number of bottles of bottled water!).

We reached Thrifty Car Rental at about 5:05pm. They closed at 5:30pm.

Their garage was still rather empty. I think we were one of the earlier ones to arrive back.

The car return was a breeze and we took a leisurely walk back to the ship.

This was the junction of Davey and Argyle.

Unfortunately, the time was tight and we had a fairly long drive back to Hobart. Furthermore, the plan was to stop at the supermarket in Sorell to get some bottled water.

So we left the Devil's Arch about 3:20pm. By the time we got back to the car, it was about 3:25pm. Now it was time to head back to Hobart.

We made it to Sorell in good time and stopped at the Woolworths. Stocked up on bottled water and looked at some groceries just to get a sense of the prices. Also filled up the vehicle with Diesel, since I had to return the rental car with a full tank.

On the drive back to Hobart, we could see the ship as we approached the port.

The time-stamp on the above picture was 5pm. Thankfully the roads into Hobart were very well sign-posted (remember I didn't have a GPS!). I managed to find my way back to the Thrifty Car Rental without any problems.

Check out the google maps of the area if you're not familiar. The Tasman Highway leading into Hobart becomes Davey Street, which is the main street just outside the port. Drive along and turn right into Argyle street, and the car rental return was there.

TIP: Fill up on fuel before you enter Hobart. Another alternative a bit closer to Hobart would be a green petrol station along the Tasman Highway, near the roundabout near the Hobart international airport. (Holyman Avenue)

From the Tasman Arch lookout, we got to the Devil's Kitchen lookout in 5 minutes (at least according to the time stamp of my digital camera!)

We were walking briskly, but given that my kids are 6 and 7 (and no more than 115cm), I suppose any fit adult can walk faster than them.

Looking at the Devil's Arch.

What can I say? An incredible natural wonder. Anyway, no photograph or video can capture the full glory of this. Go there to check it out for yourself! (By the way, the Hobart authorities didn't pay me to say this.)