Back on dry land

We'll back on dry land & have a few good storied to tell.

Shall post a few pics for all to see.

I will say this......... You will never go hungry on a cruise ship.
OH MY GOD............ enough food to sink a small country.

I got sick of bacon & eggs by the final morning.

Some of the food was bland but when we finally got into Luke Mangan's Salt........... ahhh things changed dramatically.

Willy

Glad to hear you had a good trip Willy. Back just in time for the F1s to kick off again.

Glad to hear that trip was good.

I have wanted to do a cruise for a while now, I like the idea of the cruise to England where you are at sea for weeks.

Look forward to seeing some pics!!!

First Port of Call was Noumea.
The Port was fine but when you crossed the road it was a different story. Open sewerage drains & a smell that was going to out last religion.

Several times i was gagging at the smell, & seeing what i would call sewer water running down the street gutters.

I was glad that we were only in port for 4hrs.

Noumea Sunset


Lifou was beautiful. The water was crystal clear & at one point when walking out amounst the coral i nearly stood on two baby Moray Eels.

I came across a large piece of coral that was a nursery for these bright green baby fish.
I was just sorry i didn't take an underwater camera with me.

Lifou Island





Port Vila
We had a great time shopping in Vila (well for the grog that is, it was very cheap). Had some great duty free shopping on clothes but just nothing for me.

Cascades was just fantastic, this incredible water fall that then snaked it's way down the mountain threw varying rock pools. We started at the bottom & it took a good 20mins to walk to the bottom of the water fall.







I'll upload a few more after editing.

Willy

Looks fantastic Will.

Nice pics Willy, looks like you guys had a fantastic time. Will have to organise a get together to see them all over a few drinks

Yeah well i have a rather LARGE bottle of Jagermeister & 2lts of Gin

Yay...Jaeger Bombs Head off to Melbourne on Saturday, so this weekend is out Going to be a bit anti-social for a few weekends I reckon. I have so much work to do on the house, and Christmas will be here before we know it.

Also, sorry to hear about your Grandmother mate (you said "Granny", so assumed it was your Grandmother).

Yes she was.

Feel like i need a few of them Jager bombs now.

I have the flu from hell at the moment.

My whole body aches, the coughing is annoying & the headaches are unbearable.
I now have sore ribs from coughing that much.

Hopefully these drugs from the doctor will kick in soon.

Ha, I have had that from Saturday onwards. I really know where you are coming from with the sore ribs, felt like I had broken 3 of them. I haven't been to the quack yet, have too much work on and too many deadlines. Have shaken most of it off, but today I am finding it extremely hard to breathe. So if you don't hear from me you will know why.........................

I hope that you lads are feeling better and Will you have got you land legs back!!

That damn cough is still lingering, & just wish it would go away.

As for the sea legs..... never really got them, we had perfect conditions on the water.

Tell me about it Willy, damn cough is driving me insane!!!!!!!!!!! Haven't even touched a drink in 3 weeks I was fighting it off, but then went to Melbourne for a week, and it was freezing Now up in Cairns for a few days where it is 30-31 degrees each day, so hopefully this will help