RunnerMum - I now know where the South Georgia Islands are! DH & I leave tomorrow for an 11 day cruise down to Antarctic Peninsula from Ushuaia, Argentina. Is this the trip you did?
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RunnerMum - I now know where the South Georgia Islands are! DH & I leave tomorrow for an 11 day cruise down to Antarctic Peninsula from Ushuaia, Argentina. Is this the trip you did?
BabyLove/Jen, I hope you are OK. I just heard about ten Australians being rescued from lifeboats in the Antarctic after their cruise liner hit an iceberg and started sinking. I SO HOPE YOU ARE OK!! It left from the same port as you too. Let us know when you get back. Praying all is Ok.
xx dusty
The report from the ABC news is
:
Ten Australians are among about 150 passengers and crew rescued from lifeboats in the Antarctic after their cruise liner hit an iceberg and started sinking.
Authorities in Argentina co-ordinated the rescue, near King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, just off the Antarctic continent.
The MS Explorer was headed to Antarctica from its port in Ushuaia, Argentina, when it hit floating ice, the Argentine Coast Guard said.
Passengers had to get into life rafts in a sea where the water temperature is only one degree. The passengers and crew were picked up within hours by a Norwegian ship.
The captain of The Nordnorge told BBC television that all the passengers were on board his ship and were comfortable. There were no injuries reported amongst the passengers.
That part of the Antarctic remains full of floating ice even during the Antarctic summer.
We're fine Dusty! We were on the "Antarctic Dream" and were the first ship to pick up the distress signel. We turned around and started to head back, but 2 other ships got there before us and luckily everyone was ok!!
We missed one day of landing and excursions because of it, but it was more important to respond and everyone on board was glad that we were doing something, even if it was just co-ordinating some of the radio traffic.
We only just got back last night and could read the news to find out what happened. Its so sad that that ship is at the bottom of the ocean with thousands of litres of fuel on board. The Antarctic is so pristine that its really awful to think of the environmental impact that this might have.
I would recommend this trip to anyone and I think that this diaster is really very unfortunate.
phew! so glad hun. can't wait to hear all about it. thanks for your PM. xx
Glad your Ok too....!
Sounds like an AWESOME trip !
Check out my photos! Jen & Darren's Travels
It really was a once in a life time trip!
wow jen, they are amazing. i am so glad you got to go. and now you have visited every continent on the planet - that is fantastic!
Australia: NSW, VIC, SA, QLD
Favourite place in Australia is Byron Bay
O/Seas: US (grew up in San Diego, California), Mexico, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Greece (Athens, Greek Islands), Fiji.
Favourite place Overseas: Yosemite National Park, California and Santorini, Greece (I got married there!)
I have traveled to different places in my country. But when it comes to going abroad or outside countries I still have no opportunity of traveling there. I hope someday, I would have a time for it.
aust- perth syd. tas lvoe tas would live there.
me- France, England . Belgium, Amsterdam and Scotland- japan
dh- Kenya, Malaysia japan and NZ
i live in nsw and have only been to canberra and qld but never overseas. qld was my fav!
Australia - Lots of WA, NT, Qld, NSW and Vic.
Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Asia: Bali, Singapore, Malaysia
America: LA, San Diago, Vegas, Mexico
And lastly, Fiji
Next on the wish list: Italy. I've always wanted to go. But basically anywhere would be good, especially in Europe given I've never been.
Favourite place: Tough call. The Okavanga Delta is a truly amazing place - a smell that can't be described and colours and sounds that are just incredible. Otherwise, Royal Davui Island in Fiji where DH and I had our honeymoon. Sooooooooo romantic, peaceful and the most incredible food.
In Australia , Nsw, QLD, NT, And Broome WA.
Overseas, Singapore, Thailand(Bangkok, Phucket, Phi Phi Island and Chiang Mai) Borneo, Malaysia(Penang) Hawaii.
My fave would have to be Thailand.For sure, Shopping , Tropical beaches and Jungle all in the one place.
Been around Australia, all states except for Tassie.
Overseas - Malaysia (Penang, KL & Langkawi)
Have only just begun seeing the world but we hope to do Bali or Vietnam or maybe both this year!
We just got back from a tour of Tasmania and Victoria. We got to
- Hobart (Salamanca Markets, Mount Wellington)
- Port Arthur
- The East Coast (Swansea, Bicheno) during the worst winds experienced in the area
- Burnie
- Launceston
- Cradle Mountain (Deloraine, Mole Creek, Moina, Sheffield)
- Melbourne (the MCG, a pancake place on Bourke Street)
- Boolarra (via the M1, Trafalgar, Yinnar, Churchill)
- Heathmont (via the M3)
I blogged on myspace and have the pics on flickr ... our previous trips included
- The Great Ocean Road
- Ballarat, Sovereign Hill, Mildura
- New Zealand
- Cairns (Cape Trib, Mossman, out to sea)
- Whitsundays (with a drive from Proserpine to Brisbane staying in caravan parks: this second sector not recommended)
We plan at this stage to return to Tassie but there are other priorities before we do that ...
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Spain
France
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Switzerland
Cyprus
Israel
Greece
Greek Islands x7
Corsica
Croatia
Germany
America
Florida
Africa (North and east)
Tunisia
morocco
Uganda
Kenya
Caribbean Islands
Antigua
Guadeloupe
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Australia and soon to add NZ! (Jan)
Forgot to add
I LOVE Australia thats why i live here (and that i married an Aussie!)
There's an excellent application on facebook which allows you to mark all the places you've visited
From small suburbs around your area to big cities around the world .. mine is quite Australio-centric .. what would yours look like?!