Thursday, April 7th

We're in Hobart this morning, getting ready for a trip in to the city for a wander around the shops.  There's no question we feel as much at home here as anywhere and there are so many things we like about the place.  One of them is the State Cinema in North Hobart and we saw a great movie there yesterday: Eye in the Sky with Helen Mirren as a British Army Colonel dealing with terrorists in Kenya.

It was a riveting movie with some challenging questions about the morality of drone warfare and the so-called collateral damage.  Well worth a look.  If we can find time today, we'd like to see The Lady in the Van with Maggie Smith. She's one of the grande dames of cinema and we enjoy everything she is in.

It's  less than a fortnight now until we sail to PNG.  We checked out the Shore Excursions but they were pretty disappointing.  I suppose it's because that part of the world is not yet set up for tourism.  Anyway, we've decided not to fork out $130 each to see the War Memorial in Rabaul.  There's an historian on board who will give lectures on the WW2 battles, and that will be much more interesting.