Queen Elizabeth upsets Auckland ferry commuters .

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Auckland ferry commuter chaos: Who is to blame?
 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12302255

 

More problems for Auckland . Have not heard of this happening before, as far as I know there is plenty of room for everyone.

Edited January 21, 2020 by Kiwi Kruzer

[OzKiwiJJ]

I guess it's similar to Sydney's Circular Quay, perhaps not as wide though. There are restrictions there as to when cruise ships are allowed to arrive and depart and it seems to work OK. 

 

Auckland harbour is a bit trickier than Sydney though so that might add to the problem but it sounds like Fullers could be doing a bit of a beat-up.

[MicCanberra]

Media beat up,

Although I am sure there would be some services affected by the arrival and departure of cruise ships, I wouldn't think it was anything major.

[Porky55]

This won’t be a problem at the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal - definitely no commuter ferries zooming around it 😉

[MicCanberra]

14 hours ago, Porky55 said:

This won’t be a problem at the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal - definitely no commuter ferries zooming around it 😉

too true, perhaps only the Moreton Island ferry going past

[NSWP]

Perhaps the Auckland Harbour Master needs a bit more training to coordinate the shipping.

[MicCanberra]

If only they had that Dolphin to help.

[icat2000]

Whinge whinge whinge. We all have delays due to various things events etc. Cruiseships bring in at least 1M per visit into the Auckland economy.  So they were held up.

 

 

[MicCanberra]

It is a shame people had their lives ruined but hey if their life is ruined by being held up by 10 minutes, then perhaps they are too highly strung.

[lucymorgan]

As a cruise ship passenger and occasional air traveller to Auckland, I bring lots of $ to the Auckland economy - including to Fullers (I enjoy catching the ferry across to Devonport and Waiheke and have also done their harbour cruise).  If a cruise ship is late and impacts on local commuters I doubt it is intentional.  

[MicCanberra]

5 minutes ago, lucymorgan said:

As a cruise ship passenger and occasional air traveller to Auckland, I bring lots of $ to the Auckland economy - including to Fullers (I enjoy catching the ferry across to Devonport and Waiheke and have also done their harbour cruise).  If a cruise ship is late and impacts on local commuters I doubt it is intentional.  

or substantial.

[NSWP]

17 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

It is a shame people had their lives ruined but hey if their life is ruined by being held up by 10 minutes, then perhaps they are too highly strung.

Snowflakes.  Perhaps the Speights has affected their brains.

Edited January 24, 2020 by NSWP

[lissie]

27 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Snowflakes.  Perhaps the Speights has affected their brains.

Speights??? In Auckland??? They are just Aucklanders they can't help it! 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

44 minutes ago, lissie said:

Speights??? In Auckland??? They are just Aucklanders they can't help it! 

The JAFFA’s strike again.  ⛴😇⛴

[MicCanberra]

55 minutes ago, lissie said:

Speights??? In Auckland??? They are just Aucklanders they can't help it! 

Only sophisticated south islanders can really enjoy the Speight's experience.

[mr walker]

42 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

The JAFFA’s strike again.  ⛴😇⛴

Despite travelling to NZ for business & pleasure for best part of 20 years, I only fairly recently learned of this acronym. I guess I have now been to NZ enough for the locals to let me in on the secret:-)

 

That said, almost everyone I have met in Auckland claims family links to ChCh, or at least Canterbury.

 

[mr walker]

50 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Only sophisticated south islanders can really enjoy the Speight's experience.

Travelling to NZ, such a small country, I have been very surprised at the regionalness of beers. Recently I was talking with a friend from Ashburton (south of Christchurch) about this & how I think I tried to order the wrong beer when I was on West Coast of Sth Island last year, as the barman gave me a 'look'. I can't recall what I tried to order. My friend said "yes, that would be right, they are a different breed on the West Coast" 🙂

[MicCanberra]

I always thought it was just the one F in JAFFA.

[MicCanberra]

6 minutes ago, mr walker said:

Travelling to NZ, such a small country, I have been very surprised at the regionalness of beers. Recently I was talking with a friend from Ashburton (south of Christchurch) about this & how I think I tried to order the wrong beer when I was on West Coast of Sth Island last year, as the barman gave me a 'look'. I can't recall what I tried to order. My friend said "yes, that would be right, they are a different breed on the West Coast" 🙂

West coast would be a Montieth's I suppose.

[mr walker]

10 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

West coast would be a Montieth's I suppose.

Not sure now, I just went with what he gave me. It was in Haast, and I just wanted a beer with my whitebait fritter - luckily I knew what food to order 🙂

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

1 hour ago, MicCanberra said:

I always thought it was just the one F in JAFFA.

Either .

[OzKiwiJJ]

4 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

I always thought it was just the one F in JAFFA.

There is. The FF spelling are lollies.

[MicCanberra]

52 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

There is. The FF spelling are lollies.

Candy over choc orange.

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, MicCanberra said:

Candy over choc orange.

Yep, that's them. Really good for rolling down the aisles in movie theatres back in the days when they weren't carpeted.🤣

[NSWP]

19 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

I always thought it was just the one F in JAFFA.

It is JEFFA in Kiwi, young Mic.