goaliedad30 Posted March 16, 2023 #576 Share Posted March 16, 2023 To echo SharkB8, the overall cruise has met our expectations. On a voyage this long, which is our first, we actually get exposed to issues of provisioning, crew changeover, and unforeseen "stuff". The crew has been fabulous, and we've not really noticed any major changes from pre-COVID days. Goaliemom and I are very much roll with the punches, and tend to overlook daily nits. And Seabourn seems to be getting the big stuff right. We did decide that we'd like some really nice Australian wine, so we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs .... looking forward to one of those bottles of Shiraz tonight! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 16, 2023 Author #577 Share Posted March 16, 2023 3 hours ago, goaliedad30 said: …… Australian wine, so we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs Really? They do this? Had no idea. Hmmmmmmmm…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 16, 2023 Author #578 Share Posted March 16, 2023 <<<< we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs >>> Don’t ‘spose any of those are 100-year-old tawny port? 🤫 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaliedad30 Posted March 16, 2023 #579 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, shark b8 said: Really? They do this? Had no idea. Hmmmmmmmm…… When I asked Tomas how much I could bring, he replied "I just need to know if you need a forklift so I can schedule it ...." 🙂 Edited March 16, 2023 by goaliedad30 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topkatz Posted March 17, 2023 #580 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Shopping with Chef Karl at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 17, 2023 Author #581 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) Albany was one of those pleasant surprises…a really amazing place you didn’t necessarily anticipate, going in. (At least I didn’t) Torndirrup National Park is gorgeous. Edited March 17, 2023 by shark b8 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 17, 2023 Author #582 Share Posted March 17, 2023 IMG_5918.MOV 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare frantic36 Posted March 17, 2023 #583 Share Posted March 17, 2023 6 hours ago, shark b8 said: Albany was one of those pleasant surprises…a really amazing place you didn’t necessarily anticipate, going in. (At least I didn’t) Torndirrup National Park is gorgeous. Thanks @shark b8 it is one of our hidden gems in Western Australia. Like many things in our large State it suffers from the problem of being far away from anywhere else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 18, 2023 Author #584 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Also Albany - quite an impressive museum dedicated to ANZAC (Australia & New Zealand Army Corps) and their campaigns in WW1. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 18, 2023 Author #585 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Last night was Keller grill, with an entree I don't remember seeing before - bone-in rib eye, for 2. Now, the Snake River “true” rib eye (as he calls it) is my go-to TKG order, but we did this new presentation. It was drop-dead gorgeous, although I have to say, pound-for-pound (almost literally) I think the smaller, regularly-available version is the better of the two. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyffii Posted March 18, 2023 #586 Share Posted March 18, 2023 yep my kind of steak and May 27th cant come soon enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 18, 2023 Author #587 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, pyffii said: ….and May 27th cant come soon enough Can’t go along with this one, I’m afraid….the opposite for us! Edited March 18, 2023 by shark b8 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdnycruiser Posted March 18, 2023 #588 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I remember a couple of years ago being in TK, when they had that special. Wife wanted seafood. I asked if I could have that steak for one, (meaning a smaller steak). Waiter says of course, and brings me out the steak for two. Talk about steak overload. I felt like the late actor John Candy where he eats a 96 ounce steak in one of his movies. Lol Enjoying your reports shark. Keep them coming 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 19, 2023 Author #589 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Bunbury. A nice drive down the coast, and a guide explained & demonstrated aboriginal tools, including a short, impromptu didgeridoo performance. Edited March 19, 2023 by shark b8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 19, 2023 Author #590 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (Still don’t quite understand where the IN-haling might be in all this) IMG_5954.MOV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 19, 2023 Author #591 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Evidently tomorrow night’s Colonnade dinner is….some sort of fusion thing. 🤔 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted March 19, 2023 #592 Share Posted March 19, 2023 39 minutes ago, shark b8 said: Evidently tomorrow night’s Colonnade dinner is….some sort of fusion thing. 🤔 Szechuan Lasagne could be interesting 🤔 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare whogo Posted March 19, 2023 #593 Share Posted March 19, 2023 4 hours ago, shark b8 said: (Still don’t quite understand where the IN-haling might be in all this) "Circular breathing is a technique used by players of some wind instruments to produce a continuous tone without interruption. It is accomplished by breathing in through the nose while simultaneously pushing air out through the mouth using air stored in the cheeks." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted March 20, 2023 #594 Share Posted March 20, 2023 You have just had your stay in 'Freo'. We loved it; fish and chips for lunch one day, and the other the train to Perth and sailing back down the river. (Much cheaper than the excursion) The only problem being the temperature - very very high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author #595 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, lincslady said: …fish and chips for lunch….and sailing back down the river…. The only problem being the temperature - very very high. Hmmm, we had fish & chips for lunch and sailed back down the Swan to Fremantle. (“great minds”?). Temp was warmer than the last few days but nothing serious. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author #596 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) We were officially welcomed to Fremantle, just off the gangway. IMG_5972.MOV Edited March 20, 2023 by shark b8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author #597 Share Posted March 20, 2023 WW1 memorial in Perth - with a great view of a (growing) skyline. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author #598 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Fremantle Prison, 19th century home of convicts transferred from Britain. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyffii Posted March 20, 2023 #599 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Kings Park is truly stunning and glad that you got to visit there as well as Freo….pity you didn’t get the chance to watch a REAL football match 😝😝 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark b8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author #600 Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 hour ago, pyffii said: ..pity you didn’t get the chance to watch a REAL football match 😝😝 Heehee…I’ve watched a few real ones, you know. 🏈 Takes me back to taking my good British buddy to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field - everyone, for several rows around us, was laughing and having a grand time listening in, as he asked curious questions and I tried to explain. Would be great fun to go to an Aussie football game or cricket match, and become precisely the one everyone else is giggling at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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