Where was I?

[getting older slowly]

2 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

Sailing down the sound to PIcton NZ

 

 

Spot on.... while we were at Picton big storm moved in just after lunch..... one could say the tender ride back to the ship was exciting....

 

Cheers Don..

[boeckli]

6 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

 

 

Spot on.... while we were at Picton big storm moved in just after lunch..... one could say the tender ride back to the ship was exciting....

 

Cheers Don..

 

Don't think I have ever been on a tender in Picton, have always docked -  what ship were you on and how long ago?

[MicCanberra]

We have always docked as well, large ships included, just at the commercial wharf (logging port) though.

[qbay46]

Seeing my last pic didn't have any clues to where it was i thought i might make this one easy.

[MicCanberra]

Brisbane -the  river

[getting older slowly]

3 minutes ago, boeckli said:

 

Don't think I have ever been on a tender in Picton, have always docked -  what ship were you on and how long ago?

 

It was an interesting cruise  on the Golden Princess Melbourne to  Auckland then, stopped at Tauranga, Gisborne Wellington, then two huge storms fronts on the east and west coasts of the south island... so south island cancelled, but stopped a Picton as a lst minute thing  thus tender.... then a slow trip back to Melbourne after head as far north as Sydney to miss the storm

 

Cheers Don

[qbay46]

sorry Mic, not Brisbane

 

[By The Bay]

Sydney Harbour

[boeckli]

3 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

 

It was an interesting cruise  on the Golden Princess Melbourne to  Auckland then, stopped at Tauranga, Gisborne Wellington, then two huge storms fronts on the east and west coasts of the south island... so south island cancelled, but stopped a Picton as a lst minute thing  thus tender.... then a slow trip back to Melbourne after head as far north as Sydney to miss the storm

 

Cheers Don

 

Wow, sounds like quite a trip!

[By The Bay]

Sorry I jumped in before posting the photo. I was in a hurry and didn't fully read Lyle's response. Yes, it was Pentecost Island , Vanuatu.

[qbay46]

YES, Sydney harbour, the heads never looked so good, this was the last cruise on Celebrity Solstice when the covid 19 ban came in , we had just passed Ruby Princess as she left Sydney and we where the next ship in, we had just spent 5 days at sea not knowing if we where going to be let in to dock or not. This was the only cruise we where so happy to get off on to land and get home.Yes we had to go into 14 days quarintine after we got home.

[Bowm54]

16 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

YES, Sydney harbour, the heads never looked so good, this was the last cruise on Celebrity Solstice when the covid 19 ban came in , we had just passed Ruby Princess as she left Sydney and we where the next ship in, we had just spent 5 days at sea not knowing if we where going to be let in to dock or not. This was the only cruise we where so happy to get off on to land and get home.Yes we had to go into 14 days quarintine after we got home.

Did you quarantine at home or a hotel?

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, getting older slowly said:

 

 Sorry I google.... "statue of dog with beret"    I have never been to europe, asia, africa or the americas..... yes i am a bit boring

 

Cheers Don 

One of the ideas behind starting this thread was to allow us to virtually visit new places, or revisit (and possibly see a new perspective of) places we know.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

35 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

We have always docked as well, large ships included, just at the commercial wharf (logging port) though.

The log wharf has enabled the bigger ships to dock at Picton . It has been a recent addition to the port and is accessed via a cutting through the hill . Before that medium sized ships could dock at the ferry port and the big ones at anchor..

[qbay46]

We home quarantined 

[Bowm54]

13 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

We home quarantined 

I bet that was a major relief for you all to be allowed to self isolate at home.

 Did the shipping line provide any support once at home?

[qbay46]

Once off the ship never heard fron cruise line, but that was fine health department rang to check on us for symptoms, we where notified that a passenger that left the ship in Dunedin had tested positive.

[By The Bay]

 

[By The Bay]

Signing off for the night. I will be back in the morning.

[Bowm54]

Pago Pago American Samoa?

[MMDown Under]

New Zealand ?

[getting older slowly]

26 minutes ago, Bowm54 said:

Pago Pago American Samoa?

After looking at Google maps   I would you are right   could be taken from the road which goes round the high school.... also it is the angled wharf which the sea princess is dock at..

 

Cheers Don

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, Bowm54 said:

Pago Pago American Samoa?

Possibly taken from here?

 

[Bowm54]

I will be presumptuous and assume that Pago Pago is correct.

  It used to be a fuel stop during the 10day trip between Auckland and Pearl harbour.

 

[Bowm54]

Where are we this morning?

Edited August 31, 2020 by Bowm54