Schedule
Damon Ramsey

 I keep this schedule as up-to-date as possible.
For completed trips and full work history go to work history of Damon Ramsey. Each trip is usually set out as: dates & ports, my role, the region and trip name, the name of the ship, the name of the company (with some variations).
The colour coding is:
White for work; including my role, dates, locations, ship, company, 
red for cancellations & changes, 
orange for available & possible, including applications, 
purple for time off, including private expeditions for writing books, lectures & website,
green for work related courses, transit & training etc

2026

OCTOBER

3rd -19th October 2026. FIJI - TAHITI. Expedition Team & Lecturer. "Island Hopping". On board Island Sky. Noble Caledonia.

19th -31st October 2026. TAHITI-TAHITI. Expedition Team & Lecturer. "Pearls of Polynesia". On board Island Sky, Noble Caledonia.

NOVEMBER

31st October - 23rd November 2026. TAHITI-San Antonio, Chile. Expedition Team & Lecturer. "South Pacific Island Odyssey". On board Island Sky, Noble Caledonia.

23rd- 24th Few days travel.

 Five-six days at home. Try to edit & organise New Zealand lectures and recaps? 

AND NOW THE MESS BEGINS.....

The next few five months of this summer is an overly complicated mishmash mash of courses, medicals, travel, hotels and "one-off" trips. I will not be repeating this booking mistake again.

DECEMBER

1st December - travel to NZ.

2nd - 16th DECEMBER 2026, Auckland - Invercargill. New Zealand. On board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia Charter.

15th-16th December - flight New Zealand to Cairns

22nd December, 1230, Dentist, Cairns.

Write lectures for tropical Asia, edit Indo-Pacific.

26th December a few travel days

28th December 2026 - 9th January 2027. Presenter. Laem Chabang/Bangkok- Singapore. Thailand. On board Sapphire Princess (SA).

2027

JANUARY

(continued) 28th December 2026 - 9th January 2027. Presenter. Laem Chabang/Bangkok- Singapore. Thailand. On board Sapphire Princess (SA).

11th January - a few travel days?

 Wednesday 13th January, AMSA medical, Cairns. Applied for date and time, to be confirmed. Paid. Need Invoice. 

18th flight, Cairns to Hobart (via..?), overnight hotel Hobart

Try to re-write/edit lectures for Tasmania?

19th Jan - 1st Feb 2027, "TIMELESS TASMANIA", on board CORAL ADVENTURER for Noble Caledonia.

FEBRUARY

1st February flight from Tasmania to Cairns, TBD

week off?

Write lectures for USA/Pacific/Polynesia/Mexico

10th February, a few travel days

12th February 2027 - 19th February 2027. Presenter. San Francisco - Honolulu. Pacific. On board Sapphire Princess (SA).

21st February, a few travel days

BOOK skin check.

three and half weeks at home

MARCH

(three and a half weeks at home continued)

 2nd March flight, Cairns - Melbourne

Wednesday 3rd march, RCCL PEME medical for Silversea. To Pay on day. Also require flights and accommodation!

4th march, flight, Melbourne-Cairns

19th - 31st March,  Perth - Broome, "WILDLIFE AND WONDERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA", on board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia.

APRIL

 31st march - 14th April, Broome - Darwin (?)"Kimberley", on board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia.

few weeks off at home

prepare lectures, (50?!) courses, for Silversea, etc

MAY

2nd May - 16th May. Guam - Kobe.  Guam, Marianas & Japan. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

16th May - 28th May. Kobe - Otaru. Japan. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

JUNE

28th May - 9th June. Otaru - Osaka. Japan & South Korea. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

9th June - 23rd June. Osaka - Manilla. Japan & Philippines. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

one week off at home or two weeks travel Asia?

JULY

one or two weeks off at home, depending on travel?

17th - 31st July 2027, Noble Caledonia, Penang to Singapore (Secrets of Sumatra), Noble Caledonia.

AUGUST

2nd - 18th August 2027, SINGAPORE - BALI (Borneo & Beyond), Noble Caledonia.

18th - 31st August 2027, BALI-BITUNG, Noble Caledonia.

SEPTEMBER

31st August - 13th September 2027, BITUNG-BALI, Noble Caledonia.

few weeks off or short travel in Asia?

OCTOBER

few weeks off or short travel in Asia. Antarctic IAATO exam. Silversea courses. Update SS antarctic lectures. Update & reload Antarctic book.  

13th Oct - 23rd October. Lautoka - Papeete. Fiji & French Polynesia. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

NOVEMBER

23rd October - 15th November. Papeete - Valparaiso. French Polynesia, Pitcairns & Chile. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

15th November - 5th December. Valparaiso - Port Williams. Chilean Fjords & Antarctica. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

DECEMBER

(continued from last month) - 5th December Port Williams.

month travel in South America, travel finally?

2028

January, usual various medicals, combine with travel?

In theory it would be good to do paid work 200 days in the year?

100 days Noble Caledonia/100 days Silversea/50 days Sam

Leave two x 1.5 month gaps for 100 days travel & home?

summer, Noble Caledonia

Silversea

Silversea

summer, Noble Caledonia

About the author

me-lake-kingthe author isolating during covid in the chenopod shrublands of arid Australia

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