Please submit your acronym for the Auckland to Sydney Jan. 9th 2013 cruise on the Voyager and you could almost win this lovely Marmite teapot. It's sure to be the envy of all your teapot collecting friends!

So many great names have come from the Australia and New Zealand cruises, so this was a tough one. Let's try this one:

AUSSIE – Adventures down Under: Sailing Seas, Islands and Excitement

I searched and could not that this had been used before, but please let me know if someone finds that it has:

WOMBAT

Wandering from Old Maori Bays to Australia via Tasmania

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Eugene

Truth in advertising: Karen did find that it WOMBAT had been submitted previously with a much different phrase but did not win. I only had checked winning acroynms that ended up being used for cruises. I did notice that Kangaroo had also been submitted that year, but again a completely different phrase than the one used this year for Sydney-Beijing. I think we're running out of "down under" animals!

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Eugene

Has "KIWI" been used?

KIWI

Kinda Interesting (and) Wonderful Itinerary

KIWI -Kangaroos, Icefields, Wallabys and Islands
TEA POT WINNER - Greg
Mariner Sydney to Auckland November 15 - 30, 2006

Thanks Eugene, I thought I had gone over all the prior years, must have skipped 2006!

I hate to spoil the party but shouldn't the teapot have 'Vegemite' instead of 'Marmite' on it, or do Kiwi's use Marmite? I'm just jealous because I can't think of a name! Lee

Lee, it's Auckland to Sydney so both apply!

Aren't opals from Australia?

OPAL

Outstanding Panoramas (and) Amazing Landscapes

Sorry Karen - didn't know Kiwi's ate Marmite! Learn something every day! Lee

Here is everything you never wanted to know about Marmite, lol. I have never had it, is it as unsavory as it sounds?

Marmite is the name given to two similar food spreads: the original British version, first produced in the United Kingdom and later South Africa, and a version produced in New Zealand. Marmite is made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing.

The British version of the product is a sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour, which is extremely salty and savoury. This distinctive taste is reflected in the British company's marketing slogan: "Love it or hate it." Other similar products are the Australian Vegemite and the Swiss Cenovis.

The distinctive product was originally British, but a version with a different flavour has been manufactured in New Zealand since 1919, and this is the dominant version in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

To me it is absolutely TERRIBLE but amazingly popular with many New Zealanders. You will find it everywhere in New Zealand. Do not name the pin MARMITE that is for sure.

Marmite in NZ
Vegemite in Australia.

Heres the original , and now classic , Aussie TV commercial for Vegemite....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yA98MujNeM

No thank you, please pass the peanut butter instead!

Thanks for the input! They tried Vegemite on some Japanese people and you should have seen their faces! It is something you definitely need to grow up with! I love that commercial but it surely must have been made before I was born! "Put it next to the salt" - it is salt! Isn't it amazing what we find to discuss on LCT? Lee

I think I will start the poll since no new submissions today.