Soon we are off to Noosa for 9 days R & R and a unoffical family reunion of my late mothers family. Mum's youngest brother & wife live there, as does one of their son's and his family. They will be joined by Mum's elder brother and his wife, my twin sister and her husband, a cousin (1st 2nd ??? I can never get that bit right!) and her husband, and finally Pete's sister and her husband.
Can't wait. My Uncles are known for their practical jokes and story telling, and I am sure there will be some Tasman rivalry happening when the Rugby World Cup games are on!
We travelling over Air NZ (our favoured carrier) have booked at Regatta Apartments where we stayed in 2007 http://www.regattaapartments.com.au/specials.html and we have rented a station wagon from Brisbane Bargain Car Rentals bargainrentacar.com.au . We haven't used this company before, so will report back on how that goes. My sister has also booked with them - so fingers crossed!
And of course the second holiday has been in the plans for even longer - 13 nights on the Celebrity Century for Christmas / New Year!
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Date | Port/City | Activity  | Description | |
| Sat, Dec 24 | Sydney, Australia | Depart 5:00 PM | ||
| Sun, Dec 25 | At Sea | Christmas Day | ||
| Mon, Dec 26 | Melbourne, Australia | Docked | Arrive 8:00 AM | Depart 6:00 PM |
| Tue, Dec 27 | Burnie, Tasmania Renting a car to go to Devonport | Docked | Arrive 8:00 AM | Depart 5:00 PM |
| Wed, Dec 28 | At Sea | |||
| Thu, Dec 29 | At Sea | |||
| Fri, Dec 30 | Milford Sound, New Zealand | Cruising | Arrive 7:00 AM | Depart 8:00 AM |
| Fri, Dec 30 | Doubtful Sound | Cruising | Arrive 12:00 PM | Depart 1:30 PM |
| Fri, Dec 30 | Dusky Sound | Cruising | Arrive 3:30 PM | Depart 4:30 PM |
| Sat, Dec 31 | Dunedin, New Zealand | Docked | Arrive 9:00 AM | Depart 7:00 PM |
| Sun, Jan 01 | Akaroa, New Zealand | Tendered | Arrive 7:00 AM | Depart 6:00 PM |
| Mon, Jan 02 | Wellington, New Zealand | Docked | Arrive 8:00 AM | Depart 5:00 PM |
| Tue, Jan 03 | Napier, New Zealand | Docked | Arrive 7:00 AM | Depart 2:00 PM |
| Wed, Jan 04 | Tauranga,New Zealand | Docked | Arrive 10:00 AM | Depart 9:15 PM |
| Thu, Jan 05 | Bay Of Islands, New Zealand | Tendered | Arrive 10:00 AM | Depart 6:00 PM |
| Fri, Jan 06 | Auckland, New Zealand | Arrive 7:00 AM | ||
Yes very similar to last Christmas but three more ports and Burnie instead of Hobart.
Once again I have got myself very involved in the Roll Call on http://www.cruisecritic.com/ and it looks like be as good (maybe better) last years Roll Call. Fewer people but far more chat happening!
So Pete will be in charge of taking heaps of photos on these next two trips and above all we will have fun!
Lastly before I head to the kitchen to start dinner, I have added the link to Pete's blog on rebuilding his Mk1 Escort, which some of you may be interested in. (We have a little competition going now one the number of hits, of which he is leading by a long shot, but then this blog is a year older than this one!)
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