Dear All
Happy belated Australia Day to everyone ashore from onboard the Pacific Jewel. We had beautiful weather all day for our celebrations up on deck and the events commenced with the singing of the National Anthem at 11.30 as the Australian Flag was raised on the Forward mast.
The Pacific Entertainers performed an Australian Tribute, “Our Island Home,” on center stage before we opened up the dance floor to everybody. Around the open deck there were BBQ locations serving prawn, sirloin steak, snags and spicy chicken and the kids enjoyed themselves at the kids fair where they could decorate biscuits, have their face painted and take part in the watermelon relay. There was a great park-like atmosphere across the deck; only things missing were the gum trees and the ambient sounds of cicadas and magpies!
The afternoon continued with some great activities. There was the Best Aussie Costume parade, The State of Origin was played in the Pool, the Sydney Scrap Heap Challenge Regatta, Pool Olympics and the Bathurst Challenge was our own version of the 1000 mile race.
