Day 36– Feb 26

We anchored at Port Chalmers, ten miles away from Dunedin. This time we did separate shore excursions for the first time on this trip. Chenggang went hiking and Connie did Dunedin Architectural highlights. The hike took him to Mount Cargill Summit. It was not a hard hiking but it was pleasant.

The architecture tour took her to see buildings around two. The train depot building was the best. After both tours, we went out to town together again and had fish and chips for lunch instead of eating on the boat. We strolled around town and took a lot of pictures of various buildings. The weather was perfect. We had a starter, Fish Liver from Umi Uma.

The next few days we would sail cross the Tasman Sea. The captain spoke on the PA today. There were four major storms emerging in the sea. He expected 10-15 meter high waves in Tasman Sea. He said no mariner would cross it under such sea condition and decided to skip Port Hobart and going directly to Sydney. We would have an extra port day in Sydney. Tomorrow we plan to do a scenic cruise in Doubtful, Milford and Dusky Sound in New Zealand.

As we were leaving the harbor, we passed by an Albatross colony at the outlet, the largest one in New Zealand. We took some pictures with long lens and enjoyed nice weather for the moment.