6:45am came really early and inside the cabin was the acrid smell of smoke. I checked all of our chargers but it wasn't one of those creating the smell. We got dressed and finally looked outside where there was a significant haze in the air from what we learned later was undergrowth burning.
After breakfast, we went to our tour bus which was to take us to a Nature Park and to the Blue Mountains. The Featherdale Wildlife Park was wonderful and it was good to see the wallabies, koalas, echidnas, birds, and kangaroos. The one hour visit was too short, and it was crowded. We headed on to Katoomb where we saw the 3 Sisters and a cool aboriginal presentation. Afterwards we had a great lunch at the Heritage Hotel before heading back to the ship. We acquired some HOHO bus info and based on what we saw, we decided to change our end of cruise plans to come back and spend time in the Blue Mountains!
The tour busses arrived back around 4:15pm and there was supposed to be a Muster Drill at 4:30pm, but that was delayed until 5:00pm as it took time to clear the tour bus participants back on the ship.
After the Muster Drill, we shoved off and began the last 29 days of this cruise for us. Up in the Crow's Nest, a group of HAL travel agents forced a number of us out of prime seats for the sailaway. I personally think that during the sailaway no group should be allocated prime and exclusive viewing areas.
After the sailaway we grabbed a quick dinbercin the Lido before watching a New Zealand movie about 2 people trying to escape from the law in the NZ outback. It was quite good! The evening entertainment was 'Listen to the Music' which introduced the cast for this segment and allowed us to meet the new cruise director, Jeremy. Afterwards I spent the next few hours in the Lido updating my blog as I was a few days behind. Fortunately tomorrow is a sea day!
While the destination is important, remember to savor the journey.
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