Day 1

What a start to our trip!
Well the start was not to bad, we met up with Maree and John at Elizabeth Town for coffee and a chat before we continued onto Devonport ready to board Spirit 1 for our overnight cruise to Melbourne.
We were an hour and half late leaving port and then we endured the most horrendous night at sea, the seas were so huge and every part of the ship creaked and groaned as it crashed it's way through the waves, we were both very ill, poor Lucille slept on the bathroom floor and spent most of the night heaving into the bowl, I, who finds it extremely difficult to vomit just laid on my bunk sweating, aching, moaning and wishing to die!!!
What a relief when we finally entered the heads to Port Philip Bay, the huge seas subsided, the winds still blew but at least we got two hours sleep before we docked, albeit three hours late.

Off the ship we quickly got onto the Westgate Freeway and headed through the Burnley Tunnel and onto the Monash Freewayand travelled  to Senoir where we stopped for breakfast at Maccas, a brave move but I enjoyed it, Lucille not so sure!

Arrived at my brother's place at Wonthaggi a bit before lunch, good to see them but poor Lucille did not recover at all during the day, a very early night for both of us.

After a great nights sleep we both enjoyed a very relaxed day with our family here, thank god it will be six months before we again tackle Bass Strait!