Sunday 1st March – Day at
Sea.
Well – this
has been a busy little day with not much eating but a lot of drinking!
We attended
Captain Wells’ last church service – as both he and the Deputy Captain get off
in Darwin (hope somebody will know how to steer the boat!) We then blagged our
way into the Balmoral Suite as its large balcony overlooks deck 8 aft, which is
where the crossing the line ceremony was taking place.
The suite’s
occupants, Stuart and his children Emma and Simon were taking part in the
ceremony as was Diane and Jenny – so whilst Nesta was recording the ceremony
from the girls’ point of view, Ian was given Simon’s camera to record his family’s
progress towards becoming “shellbacks”! Their butler (yes, really!) was
instructed to keep our beer and wine topped up whilst they were away…It’s a
hard life…
After the
ceremony we continued chatting (and drinking) with them and realised we had
missed our choir rehearsal (and lunch!)
We decided
it would be best to clear Australian Immigration sooner rather than run the
risk of missing it. Luckily it was quite straightforward and didn’t include a
breathalyser – so we’re in! It is certainly much easier crossing borders on
board a ship than it is on land!
In the
evening we met up with the gang and planned our “flash-mob” of the Captain at
his final cocktail reception. He was duly surrounded by 10 of us singing our
song “This is your farewell song, it doesn’t last too long – wow!” and on the
“wow” we presented him with thank you cards. (Well, it seemed a good idea at
the time and he did seem to be pleased with our gesture. He has, after all,
been very professional but also quick to join in with us and not take himself
too seriously) What’s more, we also set the whole event up with Jess (the
person who makes the voyage DVD) so we may end up on the World Voyage video –
again!
After the
party, we went into G32 (the nightclub) where the drinking (and smoking)
recommenced and went on so long that we missed our evening meal as well!
Good job
tomorrow is another sea day – it’ll give us chance to recover…
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