Gismo Queen and her King

Day 28 - Little River to East Devonport

We travelled 479km today - although I only had to drive for not even 30 of that! And how good was it to have the upgraded deluxe cabin today - because day sailings are boring.

Up super early (after not sleeping well becuse of a) trains and b) knowing we had to get up early) and on the road before 6am for the huge 25km drive into the Spirit terminal in Geelong. A nice, easy drive in the rain so we were checked in, inspected and in line by 6:30am. I went to buy coffees while the night sailing passengers disembarked. We were on board by about 7:30am and very grateful for our deluxe cabin so headed straight there before I went to get some breakfast, which we enjoyed in our room. There was a delay in our departure as an ambulance had to come on board to collect a sick passenger so Greg and I were already back in bed to catch up on sleep by then! Although I did get up to look out the front (the deluxe cabins being under the bridge) to see the new Spirit of Tasmania IV (which I had been on board down in Hobart a few months ago) almost in front of us!

We had a nap, had elevenses (and contemplated how nice room service would have been so I didn't have to get out of bed to go and get the coffees), went down for lunch, spent the afternoon reading/watching TV/planning where to camp tonight, drank more coffee until we came back into range close to Devonport. However, because of our delayed departure, we missed our slot into Devonport and so had to do circles out in the ocean until we could get in.

posted by Tracey @ 9:28 pm