We arrived this morning at Port Lincoln and the first sight to greet me from our cabin was a tug named KIMBA!
(It has PLT on the side so it may be a pilot boat and not a tug.)
Must be shock to the tugboat crew to see an old lady in her PJs who hasn't brushed her hair standing out on a balcony taking their photo!
But, before I share today's tour lets have a look around the Christmas Cruise ship.
Here are the ginger bread creations waiting to be judged.
This below is the Piazza.
They play a lot of the games here and its been really packed. Getting a seat is akin to finding a parking place at the shops at Christmas. You need to watch for someone leaving and then pounce.
Its because the weather is cool and windy so folks who would normally be on the sundeck or in the pools are looking for indoor alternatives.
So on to today's tour which is a coach tour around Port Lincoln.
I must say they are really organised on this ship about getting you off on tours.
Apart for the day we could have nearly drowned!
Graham has asked to speak to the Safety Officer to give some feedback from a passengers perspective about the Kangaroo Island incident. Mainly about how hard it was to access the life jackets under the seats and getting the plastic bags off them.
We then had a phone call informing us that the Captain wants to meet with him as well. That will now be tomorrow.
I shudder at the thought of the incident reports that had to be written over that mishap.
Anyway, back to today's tour, and here below is a map. We went from the now infamous Kangaroo Island, up to Adelaide, toured to the mouth of the Murray and now have sailed across to Port Lincoln.
Port Lincoln, famous for its seafood.
We learnt about the tuna wars, tuna barons and their cut throat industry.
Also about the much friendlier Prawnies who fish together as a fleet.
Looking out over the Spencer Gulf.
Hey, there's a big ship down there!
Having a cruise in town is a big boost to a small town.
Next is some sea days as we head to Tassie.
I keep forgetting to mention Matthew Flinders. We have heard about him on every tour and they have a statue of him in Port Lincoln with his cat, 'Trim'.
The sculpture commemorates navigator Matthew Flinders (1774 -1814) and his cat Trim. Trim was a ship`s cat who accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia in 1801–03.
The statue depicts Flinders kneeling and using his compass to chart his voyage along the South Australian coast. His map of Australia is on the base and he is measuring a part of the coastline. A similar statue is located at Flinders University Campus, Tonsley. Another casting of the same statue is at London's Euston Station, beneath which Matthew Flinders is buried.
Flinders set sail from England in "HMS Investigator" in July 1801 with a commission to examine and survey the coast of New Holland, with particular reference to the `unknown coast` between longitude 130 degrees East of, and Bass Strait.
Flinders arrived at and named Fowlers Bay on South Australia`s west coast in January 1802 and from there on continued to explore, map, describe and name South Australia`s coastline in particular detail. A significant event during the course of the expedition was the `encounter` between the "Investigator" and "Le Geographe" under the command of Frenchman Captain Nicolas Baudin, in Encounter Bay on 8 April 1802.
Flinders` voyage was important scientifically for the botanical and zoological work undertaken, for Flinders` thorough and innovative work on navigational and cartographical problems and for his attention to the health and welfare of his crew. His detailed and meticulous work in exploring and mapping the unknown coast between the head of the Great Australian Bight and the Murray Mouth has no equal in Australia`s maritime history.
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