Covid-19 update number 8

Well, the cruise plans are changing again.

We've decided that committing to the Dubai - London cruise in June next year is a risk too far.  When I booked it, it seemed so far in the future that "of course Covid-19 will be dealt with by then".  But now it's only just over a year until that cruise sails, and we still don't even know if Australians will be allowed to leave the country by then (or return if we do!), let alone if cruising will have restarted.  And that particular cruise goes to seven different countries, each of which will be in their own (impossible to predict) situation when it comes to Covid-19.

So, we're in the process of cancelling that cruise, and also a Perth to Brisbane cruise that we had booked for February 2023, and replacing them both with a round Australia cruise from Brisbane in March-April 2023.  I've always wanted to do that cruise - Princess runs one a few times a year - but it's comparatively expensive and I had been thinking about it as part of our "tour Australia when we're too old to want to go overseas" travel plans.  Maybe what I'm saying is that we'll reach that point in 2023!!