Bon Voyage Bazzaw

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Just checked the bridge cam.

Think they are at the Whitsundays today,

and will probably need an umbrella:eek:

[Australian family]

Barry has updated his blog, also with some lovely photos of their cabin. Looks very nice.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Barry has updated his blog, also with some lovely photos of their cabin. Looks very nice.

 

Looks very nice indeed.

Anyone looking for Barrys blog, can find it here,

 

http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/

 

or just go back to his post on page 1 of this thread ,

click on his name and visit his homepage.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

Could be a busy day in North Queensland today.

Oriana is at Cairns (Yorkeys Knob) and Pacific Dawn at Port Douglas.

[NSWP]

I like Barrys reports on his blog. They had some bad weather in the Whitsundays. Long run now to Manila. Lucky people. Some of us are getting hooked on Bazzaws blog already.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

I like Barrys reports on his blog. They had some bad weather in the Whitsundays. Long run now to Manila. Lucky people. Some of us are getting hooked on Bazzaws blog already.

 

I liked the comment about the "British Food"

[Australian family]

I liked the comment about the "British Food"

 

Barry turned down Lobster for Calfs Liver, and eaten Goose with parsnips, and also mentioned toad in the hole for breakfast.

[NSWP]

And no doubt Kippers for brekkie, no Vegemite on board, or is there?

 

From memory 'toad in the hole' is sausages in a sort of Yorkshire (batter) pudding. But for Brekkie?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

And no doubt Kippers for brekkie, no Vegemite on board, or is there?

 

Not unless he took his own:D

I have seen Brits who travel with their own jar of Marmite and take it every day to breakfast and guard it very carefully:eek:

[MMDown Under]

Barry turned down Lobster for Calfs Liver.

 

Sounds like Barry is enjoying ship life and the British food on Oriana.

 

I was turned off Calf's Liver for life, after receiving a huge plate of liver on its own, when I ordered it in NZ because I was told it was good for pregnant women. Sounds like Barry would have been in his element!

[cazz0069]

Sounds like Barry is enjoying ship life and the British food on Oriana.

 

I was turned off Calf's Liver for life, after receiving a huge plate of liver on its own, when I ordered it in NZ because I was told it was good for pregnant women. Sounds like Barry would have been in his element!

 

Do you have the link to his blog please :)

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Do you have the link to his blog please :)

 

See post #28 the link their.

[rkmw]

Do you have the link to his blog please :)

 

 

jas, check out this link

 

http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/

[stanc61]

Bazzaw is currently up near the tip of Cape York on their way to Manilla (Phillipines) http://www.pocruises.com/Cruise-Ships/Oriana/Ship-Webcams/

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Bazzaw is currently up near the tip of Cape York on their way to Manilla (Phillipines) http://www.pocruises.com/Cruise-Ships/Oriana/Ship-Webcams/

 

Thanks for the update Stan.

We will have to wait till Barry posts, but from the current position looks like they will sail through Torres Strait during the night.

 

What do others reckon?

 

They are not showing up on AIS.:mad:

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

They are up on deck looking at something.

Wonder if thats Cape York?

or an Island in the Torres Straight?

[Sandielle]

I can remember when I was coming back from Japan, going past Booby Island in the Torres Strait - the water around there was an amazing lightish green colour.

[cazz0069]

I can remember when I was coming back from Japan, going past Booby Island in the Torres Strait - the water around there was an amazing lightish green colour.

 

 

hehehehe Booby :p

[Sandielle]

Pfffft Jas!!!!! :rolleyes: Hehe!

 

Named after these.............

 

[thied]

Pfffft Jas!!!!! :rolleyes: Hehe!

 

Named after these.............

 

 

They come in many breed's and just so other members know what we are chatting about.

as the red booby, brown booby, Abbots booby, anzca booby, masked booby,

 

 

Blue-Footed Booby

1.The blue-footed booby, Sula neboxuii, spends its life on the open sea, except during breeding when it comes on shore, preferring secluded islands. Its range is the Gulf of California south to Peru.

Abbot's Booby

2.The critically endangered Abbot's booby, Sula abbotti, is found only on Christmas Island, a small island in the Indian Ocean south of Java. According to the Earth's Endangered Creatures website, there are only about 2,000 of them in the world. Abbot's boobies are social, residing in large colonies located on cliffs when not in the ocean feasting on fish and squid. They nest on the top of trees instead of on the ground, a feature unique among boobies.

Red-Footed Booby

3.The red-footed booby, Sula sula, is the smallest booby. They live year-round in subtropical and tropical regions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. According the National Geographic, these birds feed at sea but come onto nest to roost in coastal shrubs and trees, nesting on land.

Masked Booby

4.The masked booby, Sula dactylatra, lives in the Caribbean. According to the National Audubon Society, the masked booby's natural range expands across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia. In the United States, it breeds in the Hawaiian Islands and the Dry Tortugas in the Florida Keys. The species is regularly seen in the Gulf of Mexico and as far north as North Carolina. In winter, they forage throughout tropical oceans.

Brown Booby

5.The brown booby, Sula leucogaster, is a widespread seabird in tropical waters, native to the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. The brown booby is a summer visitor to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf Coast and is occasionally seen in California's Salton Sea. Mostly pelagic, it comes on shore to breed on coastal islands.

Nazca Booby

6.The Nazca booby, Sula granti, is a newly recognized species that used to be considered a subspecies of the masked booby. Nazca Booby is endemic to islands of the Pacific, primarily the Galapagos islands and nearby Clipperton Island. It occasionally occurs on the Revillagigedo Islands off Baja California.

[stanc61]

Barry has updated his Blog http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/ and they are currently in the Arafura Sea approx 400kms North East of Darwin sailing West

[Kiwi Kruzer]

When you look at the map of the area Stan , it will be interesting to see which course they will take , to thread their way up to Manilla.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Barry has updated the blog...

Crossing the line ceremony,

and comparisons to cruising out as a Ten Pound Pom.

 

[stanc61]

Barry has updated his Blog http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/ and they are currently in port today in Manilla (Phillipines) http://www.pocruises.com/Cruise-Ships/Oriana/Ship-Webcams/

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Manila is an interesting port of call and certainly has its surprises.

We called in there on Arcadia which is now in dry dock to become Pacific Pearl, when it did a WC , and we joined for the segment from HK to Sydney.