Sara Keltie - Landlubbers again After seeing land on Saturday March 2nd, for the first time since beginning the voyage, we all found ourselves savoring the last few days of sea life. As if mother nature herself wanted to send us one final reminder of what we would miss when we returned to land we were blessed with two dolphin sightings over the last two days. Both days of the weekend saw pods of dolphins make a beeline for the ship to take a ride on the bow. On science vessels as with tourist vessels; the moment dolphins arrive all work stops as everyone runs to greet them like excited children. Luckily we were well on schedule on the Sunday with regards to packing and cleaning our cabins and preparing all of the samples for transfer to the University or CSIRO for analysis. Whilst the PM crew had a late night hard at work for their shift the AM crew were able to relax knowing our work for the day had been successfully completed. We did, however, have a late night also. We first adjourned to the lounge to watch one last scary movie together, after which we all planned to go striaght to our bunks for a good nights rest. Somehow between the lounge and our cabins we made our way to the mess for one (or two) last hot chocolates and a big old chat. After four days on board working and living together we enjoyed the last evening we shared together. It was early on the Sunday when we stood for a group photo on the bow, grabbed our bags and stepped onto land. We all said goodbye and made our own way home and to catch up with the loved ones whom we had missed. The cruelest irony of all was that as we stepped onto land many of us felt ourselves overcome with land-sickness much as we had been overcome with sea-sickness when stepping on-board the ship four days before. For the remainder of the day the city swayed beneath my feet until I made my way to bed. And when I did I found I really missed the sight of waves out of the porthole and being rocked to sleep. Just as I knew I would.