Welcome from David and Lyn.

The format of our site is in three parts:

1. Blog server - our day-to-day travel blogs (this website)
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. Some of our longer trips are listed below. 

General travel

• Bridge cams - Princess
• Unofficial Travel Awards
• Equator Crossings
• International Date Line

About

• David
• The Thalassophile (lover of the sea)
• The Musician - Uke resources
• The Presenter
• The Photographer
• The Ham (VK4DCP)
• The Vexillophile (flags)
• Lyn
• Countries visited: #1 to #25 | #26 to #50 | #51 to #75 | #76 to #100 | #101+
• Summary of cruises - Pre COVID-19 / Post COVID-19 

Thank you for visiting our website.

Best regards

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

Cruise countdown

2025 Pacific North America - Blog Starting Page

2027 Circle Pacific Cruise - Blog Starting Page

Links to major adventures
2024 - World Cruise on the Coral Princess Blog - Apr 2024 to Aug 2024 Photos Segment #1: Sydney to Tangier - 35 Days Segment #2: Tangier to Dover (via Baltic) - 21 Days Segment #3: Dover to New York - 18 Days Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 38 Days
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
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

Monday, 23 December 2024 - Springwood, Logan / Brisbane
We finally got to another of these wonderful get-togethers. Great turn-out with a lot of great people. So good to catch up with them again especially after all these years since WC18.

The talk today was about various upcoming cruises, especially the 2027 Circle Pacific cruise (still over 900 days away). It seems a good many people have cancelled their WC25 and WC26 cruises (including us).

Tuesday, 10 October 2023 – Springwood, Logan / Brisbane
Today we had an excellent catch-up with around 20 people at the Lions Club in Springfield. It was a much larger group than the June 2023 get together (sorry, no photos from June).

Of course our discussions were all about cruising with a few people recently finishing this year’s world cruise (WC23). There was also a lot of discussion about the upcoming 2024 and 2025 World Cruises (WC24 and WC25) with many people booked and the excitement building.

In many ways these catch ups are becoming pseudo WC24 and WC25 get togethers – which is wonderful. So much so that a half dozen people have created and joined a private social media group for WC24 planning and around a dozen doing the same for WC25 planning.

Thursday, 25 November 2021 - Springwood, Logan / Brisbane
Great catch up with around 20 wonderful people. Hard to believe it's been 1,161 days since we disembarked the ship. Lots of talk about future cruising with many booked on the 2023 or 2024 world cruises. Thank you Alison for organising and these photos:

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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Windsor to Windsor
18 November 2024 - 04 December 2024
Scootaville NSW 2024 offers an opportunity for ex-service personnel to come together, reconnect with the community, to discuss any problems with their peers, and to explore and bring attention to the people of regional New South Wales. Scootaville will celebrate what it means to be Australian and raise awareness of the hardships that service and ex-service personal face. With the help and generosity of the community and sponsors, Scootaville seeks to raise vital funds for Legacy and the Air Force Association (clink here for donation link) to assist families of lost or injured service members and homeless veterans.

David is joining some fellow ex-ADF men and women who will ride 110cc motor scooters around New South Wales from Windsor. Riding over 1,800 km will take 18 days and will be a fundraiser for Legacy and the Air Force Association (clink here for donation link). This is a rare opportunity to explore our beautiful country with our peers, overnighting in Singleton, Mudgee, Dubbo, Parkes, Wagga Wagga, Canberra and Bathurst, before returning to Windsor on 4 December.

The ride is presented by the Radschool Association Inc., which is a registered charity formed in 1999 to represent the men and women who were trained by the Air Force to either maintain or operate its electronic equipment. It encourages connection and mateship among its 1400 plus members through its magazine, website, social media, reunions and special events like Scootaville.

All Photos (credit to many)

A promotional video (4:46 mins) was produced by Griffith University about our endeavors:

Reference:

• Past Scootaville blogs:
• Queensland: 02-20 September 2022
• Queensland: 22 August - 10 September 2023
• Queensland: 28 August - 15 September 2024

How can you help?
We invite you to donate via the Radschool Association page: https://radschool.org.au/donate/. Your donation is tax deductible. We greatly appreciate your generosity!

Raising much needed funds for:
  

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Day 17 – Bathurst to Windsor
Wednesday, 04 Dec 2024
From Bathurst we head east to Windsor via Lithgow and Katoomba, a distance of 169km. Not far but with all the visits it was a big day.

We started very early and were ahead of schedule when we arrived at Lithgow (population 11,197). A short break and morning tea.

Next was a tour of the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. The museum is currently closed, so the GM gave us a private tour of the facility. It took over three hours to see the entire rifle development and maintenance processes. Very high security and safety … a fascinating tour. Sorry, the only photo (for security reasons) is the group photo in the gun room.

Next stop was lunch at the Katoomba RSL, then onto Echo Point Lookout to view the Three Sisters. By now it’s 3:45pm and we tried to visit Scenic World, also in Katoomba, but unfortunately we were too late with its 4pm closing.

And finally back to Hawkesbury Showgrounds in Windsor where we originally started (see previous blog for Windsor). The ride today was brilliant passing over the Blue Mountains range. After the large meals for lunch, no-one felt like eating out. 

We also had an emergency incident with Sue where she fell and seriously hurt her wrist. Thankfully St. John Ambulance was only 50m away before the NSW Ambulance arrived and took Sue to the local hospital.

Day 18 – Windsor
Thursday, 05 Dec 2024
This morning we return the bikes to Scootering Rentals in Lewisham, our final 54km ride on the scooters. David rode the same scooter the entire distance without a change of rider ... 80km on the odometer at the start and 2,080km at the finish … a distance of exactly 2,000km. 

It was great to see Sue back that afternoon from hospital. Dinner at a Richmond pub (a few chose Thai instead) before an early start tomorrow for the drive home.

Photos from today / Slideshow:

Katoomba
Situated on the Great Western Highway, Katoomba is home to the Three Sisters, 102 km west of Sydney Central Business District and 39 km south-east of Lithgow.
Source: Wikipedia

Three sisters
The Three Sisters are an unusual rock formation in the Blue Mountains, on the north escarpment of the Jamison Valley. They are located close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' best known sites. Their names are Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m).
Source: Wikipedia

Echo Point Lookout
Echo Point is a lookout about 2km south of Katoomba. It attracts an estimated 1.5–2 million visitors each year. The lookout offers a view to Three Sisters, Mount Solitary and the rock formation known as the Ruined Castle. A short walk from Echo Point leads to The Giant Stairway which provides access to a number of nature walks through Jamison Valley.
Source: Wikipedia

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Photos from today / Slideshow:

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