Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 4, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A shot of HAL's Oosterdam from the bridge cam of Sea Princess Another busy day for Akaroa with 2 ships and 5,500 passengers in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted February 4, 2015 #2 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A shot of HAL's Oosterdam from the bridge cam of Sea PrincessAnother busy day for Akaroa with 2 ships and 5,500 passengers in town. Wow that will be crowded. There'll be a helluva queue at the fish & chip shop. We were there for the second time last November on Sea Princess but, as geocachers, we spend a lot of time away from the hordes finding little known places of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted February 4, 2015 #3 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks for posting the photo. Rain is needed to get those hills green again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 4, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks for posting the photo. Rain is needed to get those hills green again. I believe some very bad grass fires have broken out. I heard on the news today that some homes may have been lost west of Christchurch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 4, 2015 #5 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Looks like a glorious day:D A real shame about the fires especially if people have lost their homes.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted February 4, 2015 #6 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I believe some very bad grass fires have broken out. I heard on the news today that some homes may have been lost west of Christchurch. That's bad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve & Sue Posted February 4, 2015 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A FB friend who is on the Sea Princess at the moment posted a couple of hours ago that their itinerary had been changed for the next few stops. I'm not sure why yet. The fires maybe? This is their replacement cruise on the Sea Princess as they were supposed to be on it when it overstayed drydock. She is a little disappointed but enjoying her holiday all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted February 4, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I believe some very bad grass fires have broken out. I heard on the news today that some homes may have been lost west of Christchurch. Bad for Christchurch, on a day with a strong Nor West wind. Canterbury needs rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 4, 2015 #9 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A FB friend who is on the Sea Princess at the moment posted a couple of hours ago that their itinerary had been changed for the next few stops. I'm not sure why yet. The fires maybe? This is their replacement cruise on the Sea Princess as they were supposed to be on it when it overstayed drydock. She is a little disappointed but enjoying her holiday all the same. Such a shame their cruise is being affected as well.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chchgirl Posted February 4, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I believe some very bad grass fires have broken out. I heard on the news today that some homes may have been lost west of Christchurch. Terrible stuff..one home lost and and quite a few damaged, I lived in West Christchurch but not near this end..have one cousin near there, a friend near as well...looks terribly dry in the photos.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 4, 2015 Author #11 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A FB friend who is on the Sea Princess at the moment posted a couple of hours ago that their itinerary had been changed for the next few stops. I'm not sure why yet. The fires maybe? This is their replacement cruise on the Sea Princess as they were supposed to be on it when it overstayed drydock. She is a little disappointed but enjoying her holiday all the same. Just checked the bridge cam...(Thurs morning 5 Feb )...they were supposed to be in Port Chalmers, Dunedin , but are cruising the Marlborough Sounds heading for Picton. They must have decided to cancel Fiordland and head back up throuh Cook Straight. I didnt think the weather was that bad.:D, although they have had very strong winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 4, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted February 4, 2015 According to Marine Traffic AIS , Sea Princess is at anchor in Picton Harbour and Oosterdam is docked . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckl001 Posted February 4, 2015 #13 Share Posted February 4, 2015 A FB friend who is on the Sea Princess at the moment posted a couple of hours ago that their itinerary had been changed for the next few stops. I'm not sure why yet. The fires maybe? This is their replacement cruise on the Sea Princess as they were supposed to be on it when it overstayed drydock. She is a little disappointed but enjoying her holiday all the same. I am currently on sea princess and it is not the fires but bad weather.. they are expecting gale force winds. they had to stop the tenders yesterday and today we are in Picton. We are sailing back to Brisbane tonight. We miss out on the Fiords. Chez I think it will ve a sliw trip back to Brisbane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 4, 2015 #14 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Not good news, but I suppose it is better to be safe than sorry.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 5, 2015 Author #15 Share Posted February 5, 2015 From the webcam , looks like they stayed in Picton overnight and had scenic cruising this morning through the Marlborough Sounds. Dawn Princess also stayed at her berth in Wellington overnight and moved out this morning for Oosterdam to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 5, 2015 #16 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for the up dates.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckl001 Posted February 5, 2015 #17 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sea princess was overnight in Picton. Left st 8am this morning heading for Brisbane. We are expecting bad weather in the next few days. Fingers crossed ut us nit too bad. Today seems nice, jyst a but cool. chez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted February 5, 2015 #18 Share Posted February 5, 2015 We were in Akaroa Xmas eve and went on the "Mailman Tour" to all the remote farms, villages and fishing bays and Robin the Mailman commented then how dry it was and the whole area was badly in need of rain. Having just come from Oz it didn't look too bad to us and there was still quite a bit of green about but what looks ok to us is a drought to them It must be quite severe now especially with bush fires around Hope all is well and not too much more property damage occurs John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 5, 2015 #19 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sea princess was overnight in Picton. Left st 8am this morning heading for Brisbane. We are expecting bad weather in the next few days. Fingers crossed ut us nit too bad. Today seems nice, jyst a but cool. chez Hope you can avoid the worst of it.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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