We went to church at 9am and thought of the Marsden Road people worshipping, as we were now in NSW time zone. The hymns were accompanied by two ukeleles and sung at half speed so we are looking forward to some happy singing next Sunday.
Sandra Millikin gave her last lecture, which was "Strange Buildings in Australia". She showed some of the "big" things used to attract customers: banana, pineapple etc.. Malcolm attended the Navigation talk given by the third officer. He explained why big ships have a "bow bulb" just under the water to break through the waves and allow fuel savings of up to 12% when travelling at cruising speeds. He also explained that the unannounced fire drill yesterday was sprung on the crew without warning in order to ensure they would respond as if it was a real fire. Only the captain and a few inspectors knew it was a drill.
Lyn went to a demonstration of how to make towelling animals.
Later we both went to the astronomer's talk on stars of the Southern Hemisphere and how stars were used by early navigators. We also listened to Kelly's talk on Australian animals.
The weather was sunny and warm today and the sea was remarkably smooth. We packed our bags ready for a disembarkation at 7:15am tomorrow.
We gave a little souvenir to our dinner companions and waiters and to our housekeeper, Dedi.
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