Day 6 – Sydney – Darwin 21/5/12

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Day 6 – Sydney – Darwin 21/5/12

Weather – Fine, Sunny, 24C – 26C

Sunrise – 7.05am

Sunset – 6.51pm

This morning, maintaining a westerly course through the Arafura Sea, Sun Princess passed 12 miles from Marchinabar Island, at the tip of Cape Wessel at about 5am. At 6pm we passed Croker Island, 10 miles port side. Croker Island is an island in the Arafura Sea, off the coast of Northern Territory, 200km east of Darwin. Shortly after we altered course to south-west, entering Dundas Strait about 9.30pm. Dundas Strait connects the Arafura Sea to the Van Diemen Gulf.

Today is almost a carbon copy of yesterday, so will not bore with a full repeat. Trivia team is in a real form slump now, so much so that on 3 or 4 questions, we had the correct answers in the team, but the majority vote over ruled, and got it wrong. We finished 3 off the lead...oh for what could have been !!!

Lunch in the buffet today – a rare event – wont be in a hurry to go back up there..much prefer being pampered in the restaurant, plus portion control discipline is lacking.

Donna did Zumba and Line Dancing again in the arvo, and I assisted the group keep the bartender company on the Sundowner bar.

Another after of socialising poolside, barside and cafeside followed by another enjoyable dinner in the restaurant. We passed of the pre and post dinner shows tonight..getting a bit spoilt for choice :)

Note alanc – we have David Crathorne in the Atrium. Can't recall seeing Alana and Alan on Princess Patter, may be later in the cruise perhaps.

Darwin tomorrow – been a long hike up and around the coast !! Will try and use he opportunity to upload some photos tomorrow, if we can find a decent free wi-fi joint, or use the personal hotspot through the iPhone.