Below is the photo I took of Willis Island. The ship stopped so we could all see this amazing place. It is all made up of coral and the droppings from the birds hold it all together. Of course any seeds the birds drop also become the small amount of vegetation on the island. It is only 8 meters at its highest point. Four men live on the island doing meteorological readings for 6 months at a time. An incredible place.
I think I mentioned in a previous post that we had gone to The Salt Grill restaurant on the ship. This is the restaurant which is headed by Luke Mangan the Australian Chef. He is not actually on board but he sets all of the menus and trains the staff and I can tell you it was absolutely amazing.
Bill had quail (look at those poor wee legs), wagu steak and then his dessert was called A Floating Island which was a soft meringue on top of fresh tropical fruits. I had tempura prawns (yummy), fillet steak (melt in the mouth) and then a liquorice parfait (O.M.G talk about incredible). The vegies we had were incredible also, carrots with dukkah, curried pumpkin with feta, courgettes with bacon and parmesan and french fries with truffle oil and parmesan. Are you salivating because I am just remembering it all.
Below is a photo as we sailed away from Willis Island. It was the most beautiful day but the end of our journey as our next stop was Brisbane Port again.
So that’s the end of the holiday and yes I can now say I would go on a cruise again anytime but I would make it longer if I could.
A couple of other things to show you before I sign off. These two beautiful goodies arrived in the mail for me from Julia as a belated birthday present.
My very own Tilda doll whom I have named Jane as she reminds me of someone from Jane Austen. Look at her gorgeous wee outfit and the jandals (or flip flops or thongs, wherever you are from!), so sweet. Then the beautiful coasters which Julia made. Thank you so much Julia, you know how much I love them, you’re such a clever lady.
And to finish this post I just have to leave you with a photo of my girl, who had her first birthday last week and was celebrating her christening today. Love you and am missing you heaps Miss Addison. mwah!
Hugs in stitching, Debs xx
9 comments:
Lovely Memories of your trip Deb..Gorgeous Birthday Giftie she is a Real Darlin...
cheers
Willis Island is gorgeous!! Love your Tilda doll too!
Oh... THONGS! I know NZ'ers don't like calling them THONGS though!!
I'm hungry now what with all your descriptions of food.
Pretty amazing scenery..no wonder you relaxed.
Your Tilda doll is too sweet Deb!
Happy First Birthday Miss Addison.
That doll is so incredibly lovely...you are a lucky girl! Tempura prawns...yum yum yum!
Hia Deb,
catching up with Blogland finally. The cruise sounds fabulous! What a gorgeous doll. Yep flip flops here as thongs are them bottom flossing knickers! LOL TMI I know. :-)
Laura loving uni already.
Beautiful pics. And what an adorable little one!
Beautiful Tilda doll and what a cutie Addison is.
The holidays are over. Back to normal again.
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