We are lucky enough to have a four-day Easter break here so have just returned from visiting my sister in Brisbane. I'm not sure how I survived without looking at this board once!

I am definitely interested in a post-cruise trip. Would there be an organised tour that we could join - there seem to be a few available from here (very helpuful for all of you)! A friend who went to Alaska last year said that there was an awful lot of travelling involved without any guarantee of seeing either scenery or animals - she missed out on both! I've been told that September is a bit late to see many animals - can anyone confirm that? We toured the Rockies in September a few years ago and managed to see a couple of bears but that was about it.