Category: Travel

Cruising, Postcards

Vladivostok, Russia

by NeilEnnis 28 August 2009 No Comments Shortlink

A postcrossing postcard from Alla who lives in Vladivostok and actually studies at the University of Southern Qld.

Vladivostok is Russia’s largest pacific sea port, and home to the Russian Pacific Fleet. It is located near to the Russian border with China and North Korea.

Among the numerous naval vessels, you can see two cruise ships. The one on the left is Regal Princess, which was renamed Pacific Dawn in 2007. I am not able to name the cruise ship on the right.  My friend Geoff from Oz Cruise Club tells me the ship on the right is Norwegian Wind (now Superstar Aquarius), which cruises the Asia Pacific region most of the year.

Thanks for the postcard, Alla!

Cruising

Fun on Dawn Princess

by NeilEnnis 22 June 2009 No Comments Shortlink

I’ve got a load of photos and videos to upload from our recent cruise on Dawn Princess.

Jonathan and I had a great time. It was his first cruise, and I really enjoyed sharing the experience with him.

For those of you who haven’t been following my updates on Twitter and Facebook, here’s a few pictures and videos you might be interested in.

By the way, I found it really easy to post photo and video updates via twitter using my mobile phone. Last cruise I tried blogging but that needed lots of keying via the little keypad on the phone, and ended up taking ages. Tweeting was much easier.

Awesome Sailing thru the heads. Beautiful!Approaching Sydney by sea. Looks fantastic :) A ride in the atrium elevator on Dawn Princess today.

Sunday morning @ sea And away we go!! It's a huge ship!!! Cruise ship stranded in river by tide.

Tasmania

The Psychedelic Cows of Launceston

by NeilEnnis 12 May 2009 No Comments Shortlink

Legend has it that Sir Richard Branson once owned these cows.

Vandals stole the horns from one of the cows, and the legs from another one, but they still remain an excellent example of art in public spaces.

These cows have “lived” in this field close to the centre of Launceston, Tasmania for over a year, and (I think) look fantastic.

Someone told me that one morning, the people of Launceston awoke to find the cows had been moved to the middle of the local highway, aparently directing traffic.

Like the crazy bloke in the video says…. “Moo!”.

Travel

Holiday with friends

by NeilEnnis 3 May 2009 No Comments Shortlink

We’ve just come back from a great holiday with our friends and business partners (thankfully the same people).

Here’s some photos of our time in Coolum last week.

I feel so fortunate to be able to work with people that I really like, doing something that I really enjoy.

Better than winning the lottery, I think.

Travel

Skellig Rocks, Kerry

by NeilEnnis 21 March 2009 No Comments Shortlink

A post card from friends Helen and Fred in Caherdaniel, Ireland. They live not far from the Skellig Rocks which are off the south west coast of Ireland in County Kerry.

We visited this beautiful part of the world in the winter of 2004, and would very much like to return one day.

Thanks for the great card, Helen and Fred!

New Zealand, NZ, Travel, Wellington

Wellington Cable Car

by NeilEnnis 9 March 2009 No Comments Shortlink

Wellington Cable Car

On the last morning of my journey, before I left for home, we went for a trip on the Wellington Cable Car.

Here’s a video of the short trip. If you only have a brief time in town, this is a “must do”, it’s cheap, quick, and you get to see a lot of the city in one go.

Up the top there’s a museum which describes the history of the cable car, plus the botanical gardens, planitarium and a cafe.

I only had an hour or two before my flight, so this was the best way to spend an hour.