Category: Back In a Heartbeat 2024. Antarctica, South America, Easter Island/Rapa Nui

I have spent the day phaffing around, packing etc. Went to Traralgon to pick up some stuff and also dropped into Mary and Phil’s to collect our documentation from Peregrine (Cathy at Peregrine arranged our flights for us – she is Steve’s travel agent and has been amazing. It was just a tad exciting to…

Well as the days fly by, we each continue to plod away getting organised. Mary, Phil and Steve came to Moe today for lunch at our new and fabulous wine bar – Penny Lane followed by a trip meeting to check in with plans and get ourselves organised. We are closer, but haven’t nailed the…

Prelude: Pre-COVID, Steve, Phil, Mary and I considered an Antarctic trip, but dismissed it at the time. During 2021, Aurora travel was offering some discounts which had us reconsidering and booking an expedition on the brand new and still being built ship ‘Sylvia Earle’. Our next step was to make it happen and make some…