70 not out. It’s about half what the English needed to win the fourth test in Melbourne and they did. Here is a video of the winning run. We witnessed it in one of the gathering areas aboard the ship.

While the cricket was coming to a close we were in the midst of a karaoke carnival. Some of the performers put on a good performance, others were questionable talents but at least had a go. Make up your mind about it from this short clip.

We were a reasonable distance offshore in the afternoon and the seas were a little more choppy with a little ship roll and the horizon up and down. But all good! The ship’s name is Luminosa. Allthego was a bit puzzled about its meaning. Apparently it is derived from latin and is of Spanish origin meaning ‘full of light”. And this is true as it is a fairly airy ship with plenty of windows and open space.

Ahead of the birthday celebratory dinner we returned to our room to change and were met with an animal creation by our room steward, quite a clever one!

In order to get a table for nine in the restaurant we had to make an early booking, 5pm. A tad early for some of us, but there was quite a big line up to get past. We were right at the stern of the ship, looking out on the wake as we cruised along.

The dinner went well and all enjoyed the banter and the antics of the wait staff, most of whom were from the Phillipines, putting on a little cultural musical performance.

Dinner finished about 6.30 and some went off to early night entertainment and the big screen movie out on the deck. But for some it was to be an early night!