And so the cruise ends. What a fantastic 10 days on Silver Discoverer covering a total of 1528 nautical miles. Highly recommended.

We farewelled our new friends and our friendly crew. The other passengers were mainly Australian — all states except South Australia and quite a few from Melbourne. The crew represented 27 different countries, but were mostly from the Philippines and were truly wonderful. The ship is registered in the Bahamas but the officers are mostly Italian as is the Silversea company.

A chartered bus took us to Cable Beach Resort for a day by the pool, cocktails by the beach to watch the famed sunset across the ocean, and then a fabulous Japanese meal at the small resort restaurant Zensai. An aside here: Trip Advisor, never to be totally relied on, translates 前菜 as “small dainty things” — well, maybe at a stretch, but it more accurately translates as appetiser. And our five courses could almost be described as Japanese tapas.

Sensational! Not the cheapest meal we’ve had but one of the best and a must if you have paid out good dollars for the resort, what’s a few extra to savour these delights? It would be criminal not to book a table. Zensai is owned by a Tasmanian couple who relocated to Broome about seven years ago. The chef is Japanese. Only downside was Mr Grumpy the owner but fortunately we were served by his wife who is bubbly, enthusiastic and quite delightful.

Earlier, we were intrigued by this signpost. Closer here to Singapore than to Melbourne and surprisingly not that far from Tokyo.

Back to Melbourne tomorrow, May 6. And so ends the Kimberley blog.

Cheers!