One starts to appreciate the size of the Australian continent when it's now the third day of crossing a bay on our way to Darwin!
This morning after a really interesting devotional during which Rev. Barry interviewed an 89 year old retired pastor who had a very full and long ministry in Australia, we walked a mile on a very warm deck. For days and days we've not seen any wildlife in the water, and the water is now a deep blue color. The reef pilot, Gerrit-Jan Hulsebos gave a lecture on reef piloting. He's Dutch and his first ship was the Maasdam. Now he works for Australian Reef Pilots (one of two companies providing Great Barrier Reef pilotage services).
Alan Wright presented a lecture on where we came from and following a quick lunch Philip Creaser presented a session on the Riversleigh Wirld Heritage Fossil Site that he dug at. It was the least attended of his sessions but still interesting. I then spent the rest of the afternoon walking the deck to get my 5 miles in. Along the way I finally saw a number of flying fish and 3 dolphins or porpoises. It's been several weeks since I've seen any wildlife from the ship, so that was my excitement for the day.
After dinner in the Rotterdam Dining Room, the entertainment tonight was a variety show of Francis Diatschenenko and Tommy Proulx (guitarist and saxophonist) followed by a documentary, The Infiltrant, about taking down a Colombian drug lord.
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