Welcome from David and Lyn.

The format of our site is in three parts:

1. Blog server - our day-to-day travel blogs
2. Photo server - some of our key photos
3. YouTube channel - our videos (many linked directly from our blogs)

The site includes hundreds of searchable travel blogs. A few of our longer joint trips include (any booked future travels are in red):

• 2023 - World Cruise Liner - Coral Princess
• 2022 - New Zealand cruise - Coral Princess
• 2022 - World cruise - Coral Princess
• 2020 - South African Odyssey cruise + more (58+ days) - Sun Princess
• 2019 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise (36 days) - Sea Princess
• 2018 - World cruise (106 days) – Sea Princess
• 2017 - Cherry Blossom cruise (42 days) – Dawn Princess
• 2016 - World cruise (107 days) – Sea Princess
• 2015 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise (38 days) - Sun Princess
• 2014 - SE and Southern Asia – MV Voyager – 2 legs;
• 2012 - Caribbean and the Americas – MV Voyager – 3 legs

General travel

• Bridge cams - Princess
• Bridge cams - P&O
• Unofficial Travel Awards
• Equator Crossings
• International Date Line
• Brisbane Homeport Cruise Ships

About

• David
• The traveller
• The presenter
• The photographer
• The vexillophile (flags)
• The musician - Uke resources
• Lyn
• Countries visited (page 1 of 3)
• Summary of all cruises

Thank you for visiting our website.

Best regards

David and Lyn
e-mail: brizzy@outlook.com.au

Cruise countdown

Links to major adventures
2020 – Indian Ocean & South Africa Odyssey + Southern Australia Explorer Blog - Jan 2020 to Mar 2020 Photos
2019 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - Aug 2019 to Oct 2019 Photos
2018 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - Jun 2018 to Sept 2018
Photos Segment #1: Brisbane to Dubai - 19 Days Segment #2: Dubai to London - 30 Days Segment #3: London to New York - 20 Days Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 37 Days
2017 - Cherry Blossom cruise (a.k.a. China - Japan cruise)
Blog - March 2017 to April 2017 Photos
2016 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - May 2016 to Aug 2016
Photos Segment #1: Sydney to Dubai – 20 Days Segment #2: Dubai to London – 35 Days Segment #3: London to New York – 11 Days Segment #4: New York to Sydney – 38 Days Home Leg: Sydney to Brisbane – 2 Days
2015 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sun Princess
Blog - Jul. 2015 to Aug. 2015 Photos
2014 - South East Asia on the MV Voyager
Blog - Feb. 2014 to Mar. 2014
Photos Leg #1 Treasures of Asia Leg #2 Colours of the Indian Ocean
2012 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Voyager
Blog (by Lyn) - Nov 2012 to Jan 2013
Photos (by David and Lyn) Leg #1 Voyage to the Caribbean Leg #2 Caribbean Gems Leg #3 A Tapestry of Central America
2011 – Far East cruise on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Dec 2011 to Feb 2012
Photos (by David) Leg #1 Treasures of the Orient and Vietnam Leg #2 Empires of the Sun Leg #3 South East Asia and Australia
2010 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Nov 2010 to Jan 2011
Photos (by David)  Leg #1 Discovery of the New World Leg #2 Colonial Trails of the Caribbean Leg #3 Tales of the Old Spanish Main
2010 – Paris
Blog (by David) - Jan 2010 Photos (by David)
2009 - Grand Voyage of Discovery from Mumbai (India) to London on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Mar 2009 to May 2009
Photos (by David) Leg #1 India and The Persian Gulf Leg #2 Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Leg #3 Black Sea, Turkey and Greek Isles Leg #4 European - mainly the Mediterranean
Amamoor Lodge - various years  (including photography weekends)
Blogs: Various Photos: Amamoor Lodge B&B, Amamoor birds

30 Jul. - 06 Aug. 2021

Our week at Sovereign on the Gold Coast in Surfers Paradise started beautifully. Close to the beach, close to the famous Cavill Avenue, close to shops and close to restaurants. Our first night we went to Chiangmai Thai and had a lovely meal.

Day two and South-East Queensland was put into lockdown for 3 days (later extended) due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Brisbane. We could only go out to exercise or for essential services (such as medical and food shopping). The Pool, Spa, Sauna, BBQ and Fitness Centre in the resort were all closed. Thankfully we had a kitchenette in the unit with a microwave and a large fridge.

We did however still walk on the beach each day (exercising) and walk to the supermarket (essential food shopping).

Although the lockdown was then extended beyond our holiday, it was still nice to get away. We ended up watching more of the Olympics than we normally would - one of the most successful games for Australia.

These photos

Sunday, 11 July 2021 - Brisbane catch-up #3

Another wonderful catch-up, this time at Siam Thai South Bank. Around 25 people attended, some booked on the 2022 World Cruise, some booked on the 2023 World Cruise and some booked on both.

Sunday, 23 May 2021 - Brisbane catch-up #2

David was able to attend the second Brisbane catch-up at Mado Turkish Restaurant at Southbank. Once again people booked on both the next two World Cruises attended. There was also a few hoping to cruise New Zealand with us in November - fingers crossed. 

The food was excellent and the company even better...

Sunday, 14 March 2021 - Brisbane catch-up #1

Today a small group of around 40 keen fellow cruisers met at Portside, Hamilton (beside the Brisbane river) for a lovely lunch at Cruisers Alfresco. It's now only 433 days until our sail-away for the 2022 World Cruise and 814 days until our sail-away for the 2023 World Cruise Liner. With all the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, the catch-up has merged to include both 2022 and 2023 World Cruises. There was a good positive energy that we would be cruising soon....

As always, it was wonderful to meet so many like minded travellers.

Full size photos

Reference:

• Past blogs: Pre & Post Cruise Meet Ups

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Brisbane to Brisbane (14 Nights)

Our November 2021 New Zealand cruise was cancelled today and replaced by an identical cruise in December 2022. Still on the Coral Princess - now only 522 days until embarkation.

Other key links:

• Full list of blog pages (to be updated)
• 2022 New Zealand Cruise Photos

This trip is on the Coral Princess. Open a new tab of the current ship's bridge cam. The ship's current location is available on Vessel Finder and Sea Scanner. A recent view of the ship's bridge cam:

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 - Springwood, Logan / Brisbane

A very good turn-out of 21 people for today's get together. It's been three years since the 2018 World Cruise and we are still catching up with these lovely people.

Friday, 01 Nov. 2019 - Springwood, Logan / Brisbane

Another fabulous catch up at the Lions Club in Springwood with around 23 people attending. So many wonderful people - it's like a big happy family.

Friday, 26 July 2019 - Springwood, Logan / Brisbane

It was a wonderful catch up with around 30 people today.  We caught up on the past 12 months and heard about the many awesome future adventures that people are planning.

Thanks Alison and Phillip for organising. Look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Saturday, 10 Nov 2018 - Sandgate, Brisbane

Around 40 people attended the first Brisbane post-cruise get-together in the Northern suburbs of Brisbane. A wonderful way to catch-up with the many friends we had made on the cruise. Unfortunately, no photos from today.

Friday, 26 Oct 2018 - Labrador, Gold Coast

John and Jan organised a post cruise catch-up on the Gold Coast attended by around 14 people. We also had a special guest, the World Cruise's Cruise Director Corey - who was in town for his birthday celebrations.

Reference:

• Blogs: Pre & Post Cruise Meet Ups

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