Upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Holidays:
25 January 2025 - Sandy is taking a four day cruise - Sydney to Hobart and return.
April 2025 - Not a cruise! - instead a trip to Brisbane to watch the Panthers vs Dolphins game, and of course to see the family.
August 2025 - And again, not a cruise! - a weekend in Sydney to see Star Wars: A New Hope, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing the music live.
27 September 2025 - Slightly early celebration for Paul's 70th birthday - 7 day Barrier Reef cruise on the Carnival (ex-P&O) Encounter.
August - September 2026 - 12 day "British Isles with France and Belfast" cruise on the Majestic Princess then a stay in the UK afterwards.


Thursday, 14 February 2019

New Zealand Cruise - Majestic Princess - Day 9 Thursday 14 February - Dunedin

Today we had a shore excursion booked through Princess - a train trip to the Taieri Gorge.  This tour is available from Dunedin Railway Station, but for cruise ship tours they bring the train down to the port so you basically just walk off the ship and onto the train. Also as part of the cruise ship price they include beverages - basically unlimited beer, wine and soft drink - and also morning tea and lunch and an afternoon snack.  Each carriage on the train has a volunteer who serves the food and drinks and also answers questions, and there's also a person running a properly informative commentary from a central spot on the train.
The scenery is spectacular; photos really don't do it justice.  And, it was comfortable - plenty of room around the seats, lots of places from which to take photos and importantly - toilets on the train!  Basically, we had a really good day.
Some photos:




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