We both woke with head colds today, in spite of washing and desanitising our hands a dozen times a day. We found later that Carolyn, our meal mate, had a similar problem. This is a situation that the crew are unhappy about, because it can spread so quickly on board, so we kept to ourselves where possible today. Lyn used her usual hair dryer trick to try and kill the virus.
At 9 o'clock we tried to disembark but found the queue was too l-o-n-g, so sat down on a lounge for half an hour and the queue disappeared. Cunard provided coaches to drive us into the city, as the port was 45 minutes from the town centre. We stopped for 15 minutes at a bridge while a wooden sailing boat passed through.
The driver dropped us at Rundle Mall at 10:30 and by 12:15 we had achieved all we wanted to do and headed back to the ship, passing through Victoria Square, where we saluted Colonel Light and the Queen called Victoria.
The world cup cricket was played on Sky so we settled down in our stateroom for the duration.
Another big group of travellers joined the ship and went for their safety drill at 5pm. The ship was due to depart at 5.30pm, but the captain announced that there was repair work needed which would not be completed till 10pm. The Port Authority determined that it was unsafe to navigate through the narrow and shallow channel in the dark. So we leave at 8am tomorrow but will arrive in Fremantle on schedule.
This is the channel:
And this is our view of the Adelaide Hills from our level of the ship.
Another great game of cricket!
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