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1 hour ago, Fletch1 said:

I think the Golden Princess is stranded here with nowhere to go. New Zealand won't let them tender passengers ashore and now Australia have banned all cruise ships. And there is now the suggestion that there are cases of coronavirus on board!!! 

 

Where to now? Back to home port Melbourne and hope they are allowed to disembark? Common sense would say yes!

 

 

shes left the habour going by ship tracker shes heading to bottom of nz at the moment 

18 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

She may be still cruising.

could be , dont know what ship shes on so cant even check 

Princess i think has suspended cruises till May if i saw right on their web site 

my Aunty was on a NZ cruise that left last monday not sure if shes back or not though 

5 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

What does that matter? We don't have a 'crazy' law like the American PVSA (sometimes called the Jones Act) that severely restricts passengers travelling between US ports.

 

On the other hand, the passengers will undoubtedly get their cruise fare refunded probably with extra benefits added.

i some how thought they could not dock just re read they will just have to isolate themselves for 2 weeks 

6 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

15March 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120289215/coronavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-akaroa-canterbury-being-tested

 

Passengers on Golden Princess cannot go ashore at Akaroa today .She is on a return trip from Melbourne with 3 suspected cases of the virus on board .She still Has the rest of NZ to cruise around after having visited Fiordland and Dunedin .

how will the no cruise to dock in Australia affect that now??

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

From midnight tonight all passengers travelling from overseas, both on planes and on cruise ships, will have to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival in Australia. 

just saw that how does that affect those that may have just left aust on a cruise for when they come back to same port they left ?? 

17 hours ago, mayleeman said:

I am happily willing to stay confused!

think i will too

16 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

Well yes and no. It has the meaning your mother meant, but also another.

now got me thinking don't mean D.... do we ?? just saw following posts the d one i dont think you mean i think , now i am confused lol 

17 hours ago, MamaFej said:

I remember my brother coming home from a trip to Australia in the late 80s. We went out to dinner. Mom ate too much and said she was stuffed. Brother proceeded to tell us that "stuffed" has a very different meeting in Australia. 

stuffed to me is either very very full [ i am nearly there now to be honest lol ] or when you have been working your butt off so to speak [working hard lol] and am exhausted and could sleep for a week so to speak , any other i am not sure on maybe ones i dont know about which is possible when kids these days turn normal words into meaning other stuff 

On 12/20/2019 at 5:48 AM, cloud_nine said:

When I first read this I thought you meant that he was really drunk (in the UK pissed means drunk) and was wondering why they even let him on the plane. I bet you're wishing they hadn't! Hang in there! Hope the rest of your vacation goes without further incident. 

In Australia Pissed has many meanings there is a comedian friend of mine that does P&O cruises and he has a joke about the way words are used and this word is in it with more than 2 meanings , was going to list all i knew but not sure if that would be good 

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Nice, , those piles of timber look like awfully big match sticks.

Got a picture of Dunedin NZ with piles looking like that too lol

4 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Apparently skin grafts have been ordered from the US by the NZ doctors.  These are required due to the complex nature of the burns.  I wonder if this is the first time some of the doctors/surgeons have dealt with volcanic burns.  My thoughts are with those patients and thanks to the medical staff working around the clock to treat them.

Read Australia is sending that stuff too

23 minutes ago, Fletch1 said:

Not too sure if this has been mentioned yet, I read a news report earlier today of some passengers on the OTS are complaining that they will now miss Dunedin and the sounds, due to the extended stay in Tauranga. 

 

Mindboggling! 

Sadly not thinking of those that won't ever see their families again poor form on their part

Some have been found to be in hospital not missing that's good news for some families

On 10/30/2019 at 11:01 AM, Chiliburn said:

LincolnLegend

Im not on the ship but what would be the attractions for a cruise ship passager.

 I did a road trip there 20 years ago and love the area. Especially the seafood.

did a road trip there once too loved it the fish co op doing a tour there was cool got to try some of the local fish etc was great 

On 10/30/2019 at 12:52 PM, The_Big_M said:

I did swimming with the Tuna on a cruise there a few years back, though unfortunately that's moved on now.

i did that though didnt swim at the time someone had stolen most of his fish sadly including one that liked a belly scratch , but i think the guy that had that racehorse bought it and it is now at victor harbor 

2 hours ago, Beanb41 said:

The reason that the Ovation has for the second day been held up in port is because late this afternoon the Police are treating the deaths as a criminal investigation. Until they complete whatever they wish to complete the Ovation may be going nowhere.

 

As of 9.30 tonight NZ time the 8 missing people are still on White Island. At a news conference this afternoon POlice advised they can see 6 bodies.

 

i read 8 i have read 11 where is the 11 coming from ?? i am getting confused 

2 hours ago, possum52 said:

I heard on the news that police had requested that Ovation stay tonight as they need to talk to passengers who saw what happened, I assume whom were on the boat which was leaving as the volcano blew. I think she is now scheduled to leave tomorrow at 11 am.

 

Leigh

also to get dna from items from those that didnt return from crater is what i heard too

4 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Ovation of the Seas departure has been delayed ,

 

heard wednesday

28 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

 

We only found out today....... OMG......  ( as still at sea )

 

We were standing there Monday 2nd December......  Our Hearts go out the those who are now part of the island.....

 

and the family touch by this

 

Looked at the photos in disbelief, particularly the damaged chopper... just like ours....

 

Now I look at the photos with a different light.....

 

For Now Don and Magda.

 

 

Interestingly our pilot pointed out the shelter out with the instructions, if there is rumbling run to the chopper if he was  there or the shelter........

 

 

 

I hope they made it to the shelter I hope they are still alive by some miracle glad you did get to see it though but seeing what's happened if I was in same positon as you I would be same with my feelings sorry to put a damper on your cruise my thoughts are with all affected by this as I think it will affect us all to be honest in some way or another

11 Australians are still missing the rest are in hospitals , Navy from other countries so very sad. My thoughts with them all

looks like you got in in time getting older slowly sadly its gone up 

i did NZ on the Goldens second trip to NZ was fine i know the trip before her first they didnt make it around the bottom i went Oct there abouts no cyclones then 

i am sure when i was on golden i was greeted by a real Maori i think it was the one and his partner that did cultural shows on the ship , i think they left at Auckland maybe or next stop but i did see them leave but also had them both greet us as we left the ship

, sad the photographers did this instead of getting the genuine ones