woodscruise Posted March 7, 2010 #1 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Carnival Australia has just announced that Cunard's Queen Mary 2 will make Australia her "home away from home" in 2012 with a world first 'Royal Circumnavigation' to depart from Sydney on 14 Feb 2012. The voyage will see QM2 return to Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide and the Whitsundays, as well as making maiden calls at Cairns, Melbourne, Darwin and Brisbane. Fares for the voyage will be available ex Sydney, Fremantle and Adelaide, with Carnival Australia ceo Ann Sherry saying that it will deliver an "economic windfall" for Australia. Regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabacruisers Posted March 8, 2010 #2 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Thanks for that info...do you have the site where it is listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted March 8, 2010 #3 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Details here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted March 8, 2010 #4 Share Posted March 8, 2010 In the Sydney Morning Herald. Interesting. Sounds like the itinerary is Cape Town - Fremantle - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane - Whitsunday Islands - Cairns - Darwin - Bali - Fremantle - Adelaide - Sydney.....(Freo/Adelaide & Sydney get two visits.) Then where? Across the South Pacific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocngypz Posted March 8, 2010 #5 Share Posted March 8, 2010 In the Sydney Morning Herald. Interesting. Sounds like the itinerary is Cape Town - Fremantle - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane - Whitsunday Islands - Cairns - Darwin - Bali - Fremantle - Adelaide - Sydney.....(Freo/Adelaide & Sydney get two visits.) Then where? Across the South Pacific? Well.. either that... or the old repatriation run back to Soton to start the April ta schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted March 8, 2010 #6 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Well.. either that... or the old repatriation run back to Soton to start the April ta schedule. Its almost the same distance Sydney-Southampton via either Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope - of course via Suez its shorter - but why go back to Sydney if they are doing a circumnavigation - that completes at Freo? And they would get to cross the Great Australian Bight three times!:eek: No doubt all will be revealed in due course..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted March 8, 2010 #7 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Some more information. Australian travellers will also [in addition to Fremantle, Adelaide or Sydney] be able to join Queen Mary 2 as she sails to Australia from Cape Town, and as she departs Sydney on March 7, 2012, bound for Singapore March 7th to Singapore.....so I guess its back through Suez & the Med.... More, with a nice photo of Captain Bates.... Dates: 8 Feb: Fremantle 11 Feb: Adelaide 14 Feb: Sydney 28 Feb Fremantle 3 Mar Adelaide 7 Mar Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabacruisers Posted March 9, 2010 #8 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Thanks for all that info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 9, 2010 #9 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Its almost the same distance Sydney-Southampton via either Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope - of course via Suez its shorter - but why go back to Sydney if they are doing a circumnavigation - that completes at Freo? And they would get to cross the Great Australian Bight three times!:eek: Exactly! Not my favourite cruise route. Made the return trip across the Nullabor by the Indian Pacific feel like heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodscruise Posted March 9, 2010 Author #10 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Australia has been chosen as the Southern Hemispherehome for the Queen Mary 2,which will offer its first-evercruise around the country in2012. CUNARD LINE’S WORLD-FAMOUS QUEEN MARY 2 will grace Australian waters for a record 28 days in 2012 – the longest time spent in onecountry outside her home-ports in the UKand US.The ocean liner is extending her seasonhere with a ‘Royal Circumnavigation ofAustralia’, calling at eight ports, includingmaiden visits to Melbourne, Brisbane,Darwin and Cairns (Yorkey’s Knob). QM2 will also make two visits each to Fremantle, Adelaide and Sydney, allowingpassengers to board from any of these citiesfor the history-making voyage.With itinerary details yet to be finalised,the circumnavigation is expected to open forsale in mid-2010; however, registrations ofinterest will be accepted online from thisFriday (see website below).The big news was revealed yesterdayonboard the QM2, while docked in Sydney,by Ann Sherry, chief executive officer ofCarnival Australia, which represents Cunardlocally.“The world’s most famous ship, the QM2,in 2012 is calling Australia its home awayfrom home,” Sherry said.“She will spend 28 days in Australia – thelongest deployment outside the NorthernHemisphere, outside her homes ofSouthampton and New York.”This decision would generate $10 millionfor the economy, Sherry said. “The world’s most famous ship, the QM2, in 2012 is callingAustralia its home away fromhome” The three 2012 circumnavigation options, to be confirmed, are a 22-night voyagedeparting Sydney on 14 February; a 20-night voyage departing Fremantle on 08February; and a 21-night voyage departingAdelaide on 11 February – as well as a precircumnavigationcruise from Cape Town toAustralia, and a post-circumnavigationcruise from Sydney to Singapore.To express your interest, go to: www.queenmary2.com.au/register. Source Cruise Weekly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted March 12, 2010 #11 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Made the return trip across the Nullabor by the Indian Pacific feel like heaven! Once you get past the 'airline' food that's not a bad trip at all....loved stopping off in the middle of nowhere......and the track is a LOT better than the Ghan or over the Blue Mountains! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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