To me it was a chance to show my wife Western Austral;ia and in particular Perth.The crew overall were most courteous.My wife suffers from Ceoliac Disease and we were most delighted with the way she was treated by the restuaraunt staff.They "bent over backwards" to ensure that the meals were right for her.The weather played a big part and as a result we were three continous days at sea and through the pitching movement of the ship we felt that our recovery was delayed.The important decision by the Captain was the speed which the ship maintained across The Great Australian Bight was the right one otherwise disaster may have occurred,We sailed from Melbourne because it was our home port and access to Station Pier was convenient from home.Beacause of the amount of passengers embarking in Melbourne more staff would havebeen helpful as we had never had that problem before.We would be pleased when we are upgraded for priority embarkment and disembarkment.We are already talking about about next cruise an are waiting for next month when future sailing calender arrives