It's 6:30 AM on Tuesday, Feb. 20 (at least it's Tuesday according to our rugs in the elevators)...elsewhere, where y'all are, it's still Monday. We just keep setting the clocks back and back and...Two and a half hours in 3 days is a lot of "back"...body hasn't adjusted!
We're approaching Albany (pronounced with the "a" as in Pal) where we'll be docked for the day before we go around the southwest corner of Australia for our last AU stop tomorrow in Fremantle/Perth. It's cloudy, with southerly winds blowing between 25 to 30 knots which apparently is quite common for this area. Lots of large swells, but we'll soon leave those as we come into the bay. Temperatures are 61 with high of 65 expected, so not a great day, but we plan to go ashore, take the short shuttle "up the hill" to the town which sounds quaint.
Yesterday was rainy/foggy and was a good day to do what we did...just worked on photos, videos, finished a book, almost finished the last sock for Miles, and visited. We have friends from Toronto who will be getting off in just 2 1/2 weeks in Hong Kong, so always nice to talk with them. Also sat with people at dinner whose kids live in Carlsbad, too, and they have lived in many places we have...overlapped a lot! They live in Bend, OR now which is one of our favorite places and where we almost retired to (except they have WINTER!). They gave us lots of info on places coming up that they've been to...always helpful!
More later when I return...and still have internet access, I hope!
I'm back...and it's Wednesday, the 21st and we are on our way to Fremantle which we will dock in by 3:30 PM this afternoon according to the captain.
Yesterday was lovely, well not weatherwise, but it was a nice day to explore a small town. Albany was settled in the early 1800's and has a well-restored convict gaol and an excellent replica of the old Brig "Amity." We explored both and found them very interesting. The town itself is on a hill, so we took the shuttle offered and walked a bit of town...to their grocery store to get some grapes (for some reason, the ship hasn't had a big supply) and get a birthday card for our granddaughter who turns 18 next month. The town had set up some craft shops where we bought some aboriginal souvenirs, then headed down the hill to see the ship and gaol. Chris walked back to our ship via a scenic route to see some more historic buildings, but I had had enough walking, so walked straight back along the shore...we did 10,900 steps! (Too many for me!)
When we left port we could see many of the exports being loaded onto ships: wheat, silica (that will be made into Toyota windshields), and lumber for paper mills in Japan. For a small town, it seemed very active!
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