We were packing until about midnight and were mostly done. We woke up, Kaoru did last washing and cleaning and I worked. We got everything done by 12 and had a 30 minute sit down before the bus arrived to pick us up, with mum and dad, Julie, Izzy, David and Ethan. We loaded the bus with our 3 suitcases and were on our way.

The line for dropping us off was long due to the number of passengers. Luckily we were in an air conditioned car as it was 40 degrees outside. Check in was the fastest we were ever in. We went straight to the check in desk with no wait. Then through customs and on to the boat.

It was the same boat as our Tasmania trip 2 years ago. And our balcony room was almost identical, however looks aged over the last 2 years. We walked around and got our bearings.

We weren’t made aware of our departure. I looked out the window at one point and we were moving!  We wouldn’t have wanted to be up the top deck for it though as it was too hot outside. As we were near land we were able to keep in touch with what’s app which kept us going until we all set up on the internal network.

We met in mum and dads suite at 6 for champagne. At times it was cool outside and then it would get stinking hot again. We waved goodbye to port Philip bay and watched the pilot get on the boat to take him home. Then we all went to dinner in Berninis.

After a few laps of deck 7 (2.5 laps is 1 mile), Julie, Izzy, Kaoru and i went to see the band play for a bit. David came with his mates and asked to leave Ethan behind, which made him a bit grumpy, especially as he was already over tired. A long island ice tea for me and espresso martinis for the girls took us to karaoke time but it was getting late, and clocks had to go forward an hour so we called it a night.