Okay, here we go with Day 1.
Got up early, finished packing and washed the floors!!! Helen arrived with Mum and we headed south to Fremantle and Victoria Quay. Getting rid of the luggage was easy, just pass it on to the young man waiting in the doorway and then joined the first of several queues. Queue one getting inside the terminal. Queue 2 waiting outside to get into the building again but on the other side up an ascalator. Queue 3 moving as part of a long snaking queue headed for check in. Queue 4 waiting for someone to be free to check us in. Queue 5 security and baggage scanning, and then the shortest queue of all Customs, who were supposed to be on strike and should have taken the most time. So around 2.5 hours of standing we got to our stateroom on deck 6. As we hadn’t yet had lunch and it was 3 pm, we found our way to the Windjammer, deck 9, which is at the front of the ship and we are almost at the end of it lol, we will walk off the food this way. A small lunch even though the range was enormous, we headed back to see if our luggage had appeared. it had so unpacking ensued. We then had to find our emergency muster under lifeboat 13 on deck 4 for our safety instructions. Had a wander through deck 4 and then sat on our balcony for a bit before heading back to deck 4 and dinner. Lovely 3 course meal and good company at a table of 8. now back in our room with a rocking boat and a single bed, will be interesting to see how we sleep. Will add a couple of photos tomorrow.