Day 31 – Mar. 08 Darwin, Australia
After three days at sea from Airlie Beach, we arrived at Darwin, capital of the Northern Territories, Australia’s most Northern town and its only Northern…
Day 27 – Mar. 04 Airlie Beach, Australia
Airlie Beach calls itself the ‘Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef’ and, frankly. If you’re not going to the Great Barrier Reef, there’s really no…
Day 25 – Mar. 02 Brisbane, Australia
The QV docked in Moreton Bay for our visit to Brisbane, the capital of the Australian State of Oueensland. To reach Brisbane we were shuttled…
Day 23 – Feb. 28 Sydney, Australia (day 2)
For our second day in Sydney we booked a wine tour in the Hunter Valley which is about a two and half hour bus ride…
Day 22 – Feb. 27 Sydney, Australia (day 1)
The Queen Victoria dropped anchor in Sydney Bay just off the famous Sydney Opera House as there was a Carnival Cruise Liner docked at the…
Day 19 – Feb. 24 Bay of Islands, New Zealand
On this trip we decided to take a ferry over to the village of Russell which is the original settlement on the Bay of Islands…
Day 18 – Feb. 23 Auckland, New Zealand
On this visit we decided to go full tourist and visit a couple of Auckland’s biggest attractions. Our first stop is Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World…
Day 17 – Feb. 22 Tauranga, New Zealand
We docked at the port city of Tauranga (Maori for ‘resting place’) in the Bay of Plenty. Tauranga is the largest and busiest port in…
Day 14 – Feb. 19 Nuku A’lofa, Tonga
I was awakened about 6:30 am by the toot of tugboat. Soon we were docked in the Capital of Tonga. After breakfast, we were ashore…
Day 12 – Feb. 17 Apia, Samoa
We arrived at Apia at 8:45 on Sunday, February 17th. We had been four days at sea since leaving Honolulu and we had crossed both…