The Next Adventure: Sailing the pacific

     

I've been putting off talking about this as part of me still cannot believe this is happening. But in April, if all goes to plan, I'll be leaving Australia six months before my visa is up.  Part of me is upset about this, because I love this country. I've had such an amazing time. But some opportunities are too good to miss. As mentioned before, although I lived on the southern swan, I also work on another tall ship called the Soren Larsen.  A few weeks ago I moved aboard and now, in one week, I'll be sailing across to New Zealand on a two week voyage and then hopefully aboard for the whole South Pacific tour.

The round trip will last seven months and I'll be one of the cooks.

People, this may get a little bumpy!

Return to the ship

After the coffee, the artwork, the tv, living in a house and catching up with friends, I returned to Sydney, work and the ship. Most importantly, back to my cabin. As mentioned in the post living aboard, my cabin is not lined with gold, but it's got a double (so comfy I melt into it at night) and has enough room to move around in.

 If anyone is interested, this is where I sleep. First night back and I slept like a baby.

In a week there had been some changes. these included;

• An incredibly posh hotel, the Park Hyatt, finally opening  next to us.
• The sun shining for once (FYI - one of the biggest myths is that Sydney is constantly sunny, well not this year people. It likes to rain - a lot!)
• Lots of new recruits living on the Southern Swan. A large bulk of this season's staff (including myself) will not be available to work on the Southern Swan from March. This season's staff have already began to leave, either moving on to new pastures in Australia, returning to Europe, or some other exotic location.  Those still living and working on the swan, like myself, will be moving onto the Soren Larson to begin the next adventure. Therefore,  times been spent training others up for the role. 

And the things that don't change:

• Cruise ships at the international terminal.
• The didgeridoo buskers competing on circular quay 
• The coming and going on the harbour
• The Swan, looking as beautiful as ever

Sydney - its good to be back!

Back to the Laneways

Yep, more Graffiti.

 Nearly a year's absent the artwork had certainly changed, but the lane ways of central Melbourne did not disappoint. This city has claimed graffiti as an art form and really made the most of it. I'll let the pretty pictures do the talking.