Back On Again

This morning we received a phone call from a Travel Agent in Melbourne saying they had found a balcony cabin for us for the May 1st cruise from Fremantle (Perth) to Sydney on the "Sun Princess".  We grabbed it with glee. 

So the trip to Western Australia to visit our daughter Kim followed by a 17 night cruise is back on again. The cruise will finish up in Sydney.  We could have disembarked at Brisbane but another two nights away and to sail into Sydney Harbour seemed too good to miss!

So we are off! You can see the itinerary here.  Our itinerary says the cruise finishes in Sydney, though this illustration shows the cruise finishes in Brisbane!

This morning the guy from the Pool Shop arrived in the rain and drizzle and fitted the replacement pool pump.  It is now fully installed and running this afternoon.  It isn't quite as strong as the other pump was but it appears more than adequate for a pool our size.

The previous pump was so strong it used to push much of the surface rubbish up the far end of the pool where it seemed to get trapped.  For some reason the skimmer box which collects all the rubbish in our pool is on the side. I watched today when the new pump started up and saw a piece of a leaf eventually found its way into the skimmer box.

Today has been quite cool with almost an inch (25mls) of rain falling overnight.  The rain has gone this afternoon but it is still a little threatening outside.  Some areas of northern Queensland have received their first decent rain in several years over Christmas.  The farmers are over the moon about it all.