Sunday February 8. High cloud. Hot. 30 C.
The long, long windy trail came to its end this morning, actually it is the beginning of the journey, if our purpose is to circumnavigate Australia.
The Customs and Border stuff was a non-event, it just happened and that was it. It was all sort of surreal actually, people just went into the customs shed and an officer looked at our passport checked on a computer and we were good to go. We never saw a sniffer dog. I actually know that I did the hard part on October 27th when I applied for my ETA [Electronic Passport Authority] for Australia and another for New Zealand. They checked us out over four months ago. Amazing World.
We walked out and got pointed in the right direction by some friendly Aboriginal security officer. We made it to our destination somehow which was a Chemist, Drug Store, where I could get some creams for my eczema which has been acting up since we got hit on January one. We were out shopping on that day for an ointment that I use to keep my back and shoulders moisturized. I had the partly used container in the truck with us and was going to get another one. As it turned out I never got a new one and the one I had ended up in the Tow Truck yard in Cloverdale until Wally got cleanance to pick it up two days ago. So, I have been scratching myself for the past 39 days!
Our wandering today did us good, it was so nice to be in this modern, First World Country and a very tropical city that just looks and feels clean! We got everything on our shopping list except a cold beer in the city as they still have The Blue Laws here regarding Sunday shopping on some things. We returned to the ship, totally exhausted, and had our coolant in our cabin.
We are off on a Shore Excursion tomorrow morning, Whoopee! Our trip is now officially underway! Tomorrow evening we start our journey up, over and around Australia, counter clockwise, it has been on our Bucket List for years!
Great Day Today...
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