Day 09: Sub zero in St John
By now you’ll be noticing the weather theme in the titles. It has been colder than we expected and it is unusually cold for this time of year. We are...
Day 08: Hot or not in Halifax?
Not! We dock at around 8:20am. The North Atlantic Ocean is serving up a bitter wind straight from the arctic. It’s minus four degrees Celsius. Wind chill means it feels...
Day 07: Sydney, but not as we know it!
We had breakfast in our room today. We’ve just arrived at Sydney. The name sake of my home town. But this one is in Nova Scotia. We are a long...
Day 06: Chipper in Corner Brook
We made it to Newfoundland overnight and docked at Corner Brook, another tiny port as we make our way around eastern Canada. The bay of islands, where Newfoundland is is...
Day 05: Water, water everywhere
Today we are at sea, well we are tracking eastwards along the St Lawrence river into the Gulf of St Lawrence and tracking towards Newfoundland. About 36 hours. We relax...
Day 04: Shivering in Saguenay
If we thought Quebec City was cold, it simple served as the entree to the main dish, Saguenay. Minus 6 kicked us off with a howling northerly off the water....
Day 03: Quivering in Quebec
We are up early today, 7.00am. We’ve pre-arranged breakfast in our room and it is served at 8.00am. We are heading off for a walking tour around Quebec today. We...
Day 02: Ice cold cruising
We wake to a glorious sunrise and minus four degrees Celsius. A couple more hours of sleep is in order. When we do finally get going, our plan is to...
Day 00: 32 hours is a long time
Our 2024 adventure kicked off with a 32 hour journey from Canberra to Montréal. In between was Sydney, Auckland and New York. The ever reliable Moses who has been driving...