I flew more than 9,000 miles to Brisbane, Australia for a bucket-list adventure — and landed just before a massive cyclone shut the city down.
What followed was 26 days at sea across Australia and New Zealand: three back-to-back cruises carrying me from the Great Barrier Reef to the fjords of Fiordland, from coastal bike rides and mountain hikes to a scenic railway through misty gorges.
I documented the journey in the following YouTube video.