Thank you so much Warren, what an awesome view you have from your apartment. I would love to visit Australia and New Zealand some day, but will probably never have the money to. This is so wonderful to be able to view your beautiful country. Your time and effort are greatly appreciated. I've book marked your site so I can at least visit electronically. Best Wishes!
penny3333
Depending how long, time of year you go, type of accomodations you require, you might be surprised about rates to Australia. Check out www.goway.com
Thanks Cruise Fanatic. Princess had a great deal a couple of years ago when they were positioning the Pacific Princess. It was a 16 day from Papeete to Sydney. $849/pp for a balcony. I wanted to book it, but air fare was $3200/pp, there went my dream. I checked out Crystal cruises, 109 day for $55,000/pp--only if I hit the lottery! With the way fuel is going, I'm going to have to learn to swim a lot better. Thank you for the web site.
I've just created a time lapse of our recent cruise to Vanuatu. It's taken from the bridgecam and covers our departure from Sydney, and various destinations in Vanuatu. It's at the bottom of this page
Note I edited out about 3 days of travel at sea as it was a bit boring (it's still a BIG file). The capture also stops just before arriving at Mystery Island - unfortunately my internet connection died at home where I was capturing the movie.