Cruise - Day 25 - 27 Sep

I awoke this morning to the dulcet tones of the captain making an announcement over the PA at 7.50am. He had been trying to dock at Burnie for some time in 45 knot winds and had decided to “call off the jam” (yes, I admit I watched that Roller Derby film yesterday), “give it a miss”, “leave while the going was good”...or as he actually put it - “abort the berthing”. So poor Burnie did not get the pleasure of our company today and we sailed on for Hobart instead. This does mean that we will arrive earlier than planned in Hobart and will have two full days there before we sail for Sydney.

Although the seas were pretty choppy, there wasn't too much movement on board and Gary managed to stay upright with just occasional “lie downs” during the day. We did attend bingo (twice) – didn't win (again) – jackpot is now well over $6000 and has to be won (hopefully by us) on our last sea day on Thursday. They also whacked together a couple of last minute extra entertainments for the passengers as they obviously had thought most people would be ashore.

Another Sherlock Holmes Mystery Radio Play was very popular and kept us chuckling for an hour or so this afternoon.

We also attended a show by Toni Stevens, comedienne & singer who apparently hails from Morisset, close to where we live, (though I had never heard of her). She was quite entertaining and certainly had the crowd clapping and singing along. All in all a good way to while away an hour.

Not much more to report except that Hobart's forecast for tomorrow is a top (yes, top!) of 12 degrees. Not happy, Jan. I think snow is even possible above 400 feet...brrrrr. The captain did also warn that there are 8-9 metre swells a bit south of us (I think we have 4m at the moment) but hopefully we will miss them. Oh well, you can't change the weather...I'll let you know how we fare in chilly Hobart tomorrow.

PS. Did I mention that I am still eating...and eating...and eating?