Paul's birthday Cruise last day - Monday 12 October 2015 - kicked off the ship in Sydney

We had the alarm set for 6am - not pretty after a couple of weeks of sleeping in as late as we liked.
I woke up a little earlier than this anyway, and discovered that the Pacific Jewel was following us into port.  In this shot we have just docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal and the Jewel is continuing on to the cruise terminal at White Bay (our ship can't fit under the bridge).

Everything about getting off the ship went really smoothly - we managed to get some breakfast without having to hunt for a table; we were called to leave the ship at almost exactly the time they planned (8:05am, very precise!) and the whole process was quite quick - we were kicked out onto the street in no time.

We caught a train up to Central Station, as planned, and made it to the Murray's bus stop at around 10 to 9.  We were booked on the 10am bus but there were seats available on the 9am one, so we took the chance.  Quite a good drive too, unlike our trip back to Canberra at the end of our holiday last year.

Off the bus, taxi home, and I'm now in the middle of unpacking, washing clothes etc.  Still have some more time off work so there'll be more resting over the next few days, but then back to work to save up some money for the next cruise!!