Aloha 1 Posted September 13, 2013 #101 Share Posted September 13, 2013 [quote name=Widebay;39932771 Sydney is an interesting city' date=' if you know where to look. There are some interesting pubs in The Rocks area, near the wharf where the ships berth. I like "The Hero of Waterloo" Pub, but a little walk around the area, you find other interesting pubs, with some good home brewed, Pale Ales, IPA's, etc. Apart from the shops/pubs etc in The Rocks area, my recommendations for Sydney (depending on how much time you have in port), would be to utilise the Sydney Ferry system, which goes to numerous places within the Harbour, eg. Manly (short walk from Manly ferry terminal straight through to surfing beach facing the ocean). Another nice beach is Balmoral Beach, reached by ferry - this beach is inside the harbour, has a net enclosure & Bathers Restaurant (very upmarket) with excellent views of the harbour. Another place you can reach via sydney ferries is Watson Bay, where you will find a Sydney icon - "Doyles Fish Restaurant" - with a short walk to the Gap (stunning rock face looking down the pounding surf below) Aloha, Widebay; We'll be joining this cruise in Sydney en route to Singapore. We're doing a B2B with the first leg Sydney to Auckland on Solstice. Have 4 days in between in Sydney. Would be interested in your picks for reasonably priced ( but good) restaurants partial to fish. Also, what's the best place for fish and chips at Manly? Mahalo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannna Posted September 13, 2013 #102 Share Posted September 13, 2013 She is now southeast of Jamaica. Movin right along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannna Posted September 15, 2013 #103 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She's in the waiting area to go through the canal :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted September 15, 2013 #104 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She currently is at anchor waiting to go thru the Canal tomorrow. Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted September 15, 2013 #105 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She's underway, presumably starting the transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deise17311 Posted September 15, 2013 #106 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She's underway, presumably starting the transit. And empty I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted September 15, 2013 #107 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Yup.... All the choice viewing spots will be wide open:)! Edit... here's the first glimpse.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimletgal Posted September 15, 2013 #108 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Love the name on the upper hull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted September 15, 2013 #109 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She is thru the Gatun Locks and almost thru Gatun Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaFeFan Posted September 15, 2013 #110 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Love the name on the upper hull! I don't. It looks like a company logo on the side of a delivery truck. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaisonDeBritts Posted September 16, 2013 #111 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks for the screen shots guys!!! It's so good to see something that happened while I was sleeping! We are hopping on in Hawaii in 47 days... so it's good to see her heading back our way - right on schedule!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaQue Posted September 16, 2013 #112 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I like the paint job. Name recognition is good; and the font looks nice, bright white against the blue, with a mix of lower and upper case lettering. As long as she makes it to San Diego by Sunday, I'm happy! Lookin' Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted September 16, 2013 #113 Share Posted September 16, 2013 She left the Panama Canal about 4 hrs ago. Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Frances Posted September 19, 2013 #114 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Can't pick her up on Marine Traffic but Sailwx has her off the Mexican Coast. I am sure they are having a pretty rough ride and may have to wait out Manuel:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 19, 2013 #115 Share Posted September 19, 2013 As of 0800 UTC (UK time) today she was off Acapulco. That would have been about midnight Pacific time. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Frances Posted September 19, 2013 #116 Share Posted September 19, 2013 She is just south of Puerto Vallarta going at 18.9 knots:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Frances Posted September 22, 2013 #117 Share Posted September 22, 2013 They must be boarding her now:D She's docked next to the Solstice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Clem Posted September 22, 2013 #118 Share Posted September 22, 2013 May she, crew and passengers have wonderful, trouble free voyages from this day forward. The bad weather off the Mexican coast must have put the new pod through an unexpectedly through test :eek: Will be looking for reports of 'improvements' made inside while new propulsion and lettering was applied outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted September 23, 2013 #119 Share Posted September 23, 2013 She's leaving San Diego Harbor now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUZBUDS Posted September 23, 2013 #120 Share Posted September 23, 2013 We watched her sail from S.D. harbor yesterday evening, followed by the Solstice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftcoastBC Posted September 23, 2013 Author #121 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So we can all go back to normal on the Millie ..thanks for all the interest and posts. Lets hope everything stays normal. Lets also hope that all those that were inconvenienced by her trials and tribulations obtain a reasonable level of satisfaction with X's attempts at compensation. From personal experience I know that this will be difficult for a lot of folks but I also know that time, persistence and good faith on both sides of the issues will bring successful conclusions to most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenboys Posted September 25, 2013 #122 Share Posted September 25, 2013 We watched her sail from S.D. harbor yesterday evening, followed by the Solstice :) We were on the Solstice. Millie left just before us. Nice to see her back at work. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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