One of our correspondents responded to an email from this blog by briefly announcing he was in the Coral Sea and would make further contact on returning to Australia . Back home , he elucidated ; he had been on a cruise ship which took in such places as Vanuatu , Noumea . Sounded romantic until he elaborated thus : Most passengers were fat , ugly, bearded, hats on backwards, tattooed,
thongs, ugly accents. And that was just the women...
At least he did not catch a dose of Montezuma's Curse which is often a souvenir of carefree cruises. The same comedian provided the following T-shirt photo .
