Upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Holidays:
16 February 2026 - New Zealand cruise on the Carnival Splendor.
12 March 2026 - Three-day cruise, Sydney to Eden return, just to sail on the Discovery Princess.
January - February 2027 - Fly to Singapore for a 28-Day Japan & Southeast Asia Grand Adventure cruise on the Sapphire Princess.
July 2027 - Fly to Auckland for a cruise to Norfolk Island on the Carnival Adventure, then a bit of time in NZ afterwards.

Monday, 12 September 2016

UK and Med Cruise - Day 1 - 5 September - Canberra to Sydney

Monday morning - the taxi arrived right on time. We had an inauspicious start in Canberra when the Greyhound bus left late because of a flat battery. However, once we got underway it was all good- trip to Sydney was comfortable and we were dropped off at the airport pretty much on time.
Because of all the earlier changes to our flights we stayed overnight at the Rydges Airport Hotel which is right at the international airport. As I've said before, you get your best picture of how well a hotel operates when things are going wrong for them, and Rydges did a good job here - their computer system was down when we arrived but fortunately we had already automatically checked in and they managed to do all the other bits and pieces without an issue.
The room was pretty much what you'd expect for what's effectively a business hotel, clean and comfortable with a good sized desk, nice comfortable lounge chair and a good sized bathroom.  This hotel of course is all about the location - very convenient for leaving the next day - they advertise the distance to the international terminal in steps!

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