bluemarble Posted June 28, 2021 #3451 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, North West Newbie said: That looks like Donegal Town. That is indeed Donegal. Well done. While we're discussing a port in Ireland, I really should have included Ringaskiddy on our unseen ports list. I originally left it off that list thinking it was synonymous with Cobh. But I've since learned they are separate ports. An article from The Irish Times talks about QE2 alongside at Ringaskiddy and Royal Viking Sun docked at the deepwater quay in Cobh. I know at least one contributor has mentioned they called at Ringaskiddy on QM2. If anyone has a photo of Ringaskiddy (separate from Cobh), I'll be glad to add it to our list of Cunard ports seen on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted June 28, 2021 #3452 Share Posted June 28, 2021 8 hours ago, ExArkie said: Looks very much like the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island (Victoria). If that isn't the location, it's certainly the same penguin species. It is indeed Phillip Island, VIC, Australia. Well done! Many years ago I was doing a project in Melbourne. The wife came down to join me for a weekend break, and we drove out to Phillip Island to see the penguins. The birds spend the day out at sea hunting their food, and then return to the beach and their nests at sunset. It is quite a sight to see them emerge from the waves in the twilight and waddle across the sand. Mrs. sfred is a big penguin fan. We also went to see them in Puerto Madryn Argentina during our QV South America voyage (photos in posts #2184 and #2186). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted June 29, 2021 #3453 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, sfred said: Mrs. sfred is a big penguin fan. We also went to see them in Puerto Madryn Argentina during our QV South America voyage (photos in posts #2184 and #2186). Excuse the digression folks but Solent Barbara is also a great penguin fan hence I included a colony visit for her whilst booking a private tour of the the Falklands... Edited June 29, 2021 by Solent Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted June 29, 2021 #3454 Share Posted June 29, 2021 50 minutes ago, Solent Richard said: Excuse the digression folks but Solent Barbara is also a great penguin fan hence I included a colony visit for her whilst booking a private tour of the the Falklands... Thanks @Solent Richard. They are quite cute birds. 🐧🐧🐧🐧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted June 29, 2021 #3455 Share Posted June 29, 2021 13 hours ago, sfred said: It is indeed Phillip Island, VIC, Australia. Well done! Many years ago I was doing a project in Melbourne. The wife came down to join me for a weekend break, and we drove out to Phillip Island to see the penguins. The birds spend the day out at sea hunting their food, and then return to the beach and their nests at sunset. It is quite a sight to see them emerge from the waves in the twilight and waddle across the sand. Mrs. sfred is a big penguin fan. We also went to see them in Puerto Madryn Argentina during our QV South America voyage (photos in posts #2184 and #2186). We’ve done “the Little Penguin show” twice, in 1999 and in 2019. The Visitors Center and viewing stands were much improved during the latter visit. There is also a good-sized little penguin colony at St. Kilda, much closer to Melbourne, and near Dunedin in New Zealand (where they are known as “little blue penguins”), but the spectacle is greater on Phillip Island. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 29, 2021 #3456 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Here are scans of a couple more photos I found in my archives, not taken during a cruise, showing another location on our unseen ports list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted June 29, 2021 #3457 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I'll match that with one taken from the window of our room when we stayed there: Waterford Castle Hotel, Waterford, Ireland. In your top picture, we were in the front corner room on the top floor. I have the same problem as mentioned earlier about McAfee virus protection not allowing downloads of the unseen ports list, so I cannot scan the list for the correct port name. There is a port in Waterford, but there are size limitations on using it. A little further out (20 - 30 km??) is Dunmore East, which has been a tender port for some cruises. Quite possibly, it was also identified as Waterford, even though technically it is not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 29, 2021 #3458 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Well done, @ExArkie, that is the Waterford Castle Hotel and the corresponding port on the unseen ports list is indeed Waterford, Ireland. @Colin_Cameron found a call there by Royal Viking Sun and I found one there by Vistafjord. Dunmore East is also on the unseen port list, so we are treating it as a separate port from Waterford. Dunmore East is listed on a 2005 QM2 itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted June 30, 2021 #3459 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) I hope I'm not duplicating (again!!), but this place is still on the list. I haven't any photos of the port but there should be enough clues in the photos (taken in 2008) to identify it. Edited June 30, 2021 by Palmeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonopah Posted June 30, 2021 #3460 Share Posted June 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Palmeat said: I hope I'm not duplicating (again!!), but this place is still on the list. I haven't any photos of the port but there should be enough clues in the photos (taken in 2008) to identify it. I think I got one! Christchurch NZ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 30, 2021 #3461 Share Posted June 30, 2021 By my count we have now reached 475 ports/destinations identified on this thread. Let's see if we can somehow manage to keep this thread going long enough to reach 500! Since several of you have mentioned McAfee is preventing you from downloading the attachment containing the list of Cunard ports not seen yet, I'll go ahead and paste that list here. Cunard ports not seen yet on the "Where in the World?" thread Aarhus, Denmark Abaco, Bahamas Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Aden, Yemen Agadir, Morocco Aghios Nikolaos, Crete Aguilas, Spain Aitutaki, Cook Islands Akita, Japan Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia Al Manama, Bahrain Al Mukalla, Yemen Alanya, Turkey Almeria, Spain Alotau, Papua New Guinea Altea, Spain Ambon, Indonesia Anavilhanas Archipelago, Brazil Angra dos Reis, Brazil Anjouan, Comoros Antofagasta, Chile Anzac Cove, Turkey Apra, Guam Arendal, Norway Bahia Blanca, Argentina Balholm/Balestrand, Norway Baltimore, Maryland Bangor, Northern Ireland Baubau, Indonesia Belawan, Indonesia Biak, Indonesia Bitung, Indonesia Bodo, Norway Bom Bom Island, Sao Tome and Principe Bora Bora, French Polynesia Bornholm, Denmark Brindisi, Italy Cadaques, Spain Cape York QLD, Australia Cap-Haitien, Haiti Carriacou, Grenada Grenadines Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic Castro, Chile Cebu, Philippines Ceuta, Spanish Morocco Chan May, Vietnam Chennai, India Christiansoe, Denmark Christmas Island, Kiribati Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela Ciudad Trujillo, Santo Domingo Collioure, France Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea Cooktown QLD, Australia Daba Al-Hisn, Oman Dalian, China Davao, Philippines Deboyne Lagoon, Papua New Guinea Delos, Greece Desroches, Seychelles Diego Suarez/Antsiranana, Madagascar Djibouti, Djibouti Doha, Qatar Drottningholm, Sweden Dun Laoghaire, Ireland Dunmore East, Ireland Easter Island, Chile Esmeraldas, Ecuador Exmouth WA, Australia Figueira da Foz, Portugal Florianopolis, Brazil Formentera Island, Balearic Islands Freetown, Sierra Leone Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Galveston, Texas Georgetown, Ascension Island Gilbert Islands, Kiribati Glengarriff, Ireland Gloucester, Massachusetts Goa, India Godthaab, Greenland Gravdal, Norway Grundarfjordur, Iceland Guangzhou, China Guayaquil, Ecuador Gudvangen, Norway Hakodate, Japan Hammerfest, Norway Hanko, Finland Haugesund, Norway Hayman Island QLD, Australia Heimaey, Iceland Hilton Head, South Carolina Hodeidah, Yemen Holsteinborg, Greenland Holyhead, Wales Homer, Alaska Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Horta, Azores Ilhabela, Brazil Isle of Pines, New Caledonia Isola di Ponza, Italy Jakobshavn, Greenland Jedda, Saudi Arabia Jeju-do, South Korea Kagoshima, Japan Kanazawa, Japan Kangean Islands, Indonesia Karachi, Pakistan Karpathos, Greece Kerteminde, Denmark Khasab, Oman Khor Al Fa Kkan, UAE Kingston, Jamaica Kiriwina, Papua New Guinea Kitakyushu, Japan Kos, Greece Kristiansund, Norway Kuantan, Malaysia Kuwait City, Kuwait Kyrenia, Cyprus La Digue, Seychelles La Guaira, Venezuela Labadie Shores, Haiti Laccadive Islands, India Lae, Papua New Guinea Lamu, Kenya L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland Larantuka, Indonesia Lautoka, Fiji Leknes, Lofoten Islands, Norway Lome, Togo Low Island QLD, Australia Lyngseidet, Norway Mahajanga, Madagascar Majuro, Marshall Islands Malacca, Malaysia Mamoudzou, Mayotte Manfredonia, Italy Mar del Plata, Argentina Mariefred, Sweden Marmaris, Turkey Marstrand, Sweden Mas a Tierra/Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile Massawa, Eritrea Mazatlan, Mexico Molde, Norway Molokai, Hawaii Molyvos, Greece Montserrat, British Overseas Territories Mormugao, India Moroni, Comoros Motril, Spain Mtwara, Tanzania Muara, Brunei Nagoya, Japan Naha, Okinawa, Japan Nessebar, Bulgaria Nevis, St Kitts and Nevis Norfolk (Newport News), Virginia Norheimsund, Norway Nosy Komba, Madagascar Noumea, New Caledonia Ofotfjord, Norway Olbia, Sardinia Opatija, Croatia Orpheus Island QLD, Australia Oye, Norway Palm Beach, Florida Palm Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines Palopo, Indonesia Patras, Greece Pekalongan, Indonesia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Picton, New Zealand Pitcairn Island, British Overseas Territories Pohnpei / Ponape, Micronesia Ponce, Puerto Rico Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela Porquerolles, France Port Antonio, Jamaica Port Arthur TAS, Australia Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Denarau, Fiji Port Douglas QLD, Australia Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Port Sudan, Sudan Port Vila, Vanuatu Port-au-Prince, Haiti Portimao, Portugal Portland, Maine Porto Cervo, Sardinia Portofino, Italy Portoroz, Slovenia Porto-Vecchio, Corsica Praslin, Seychelles Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Puerto Chacabuco, Chile Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Pulau Bawean, Indonesia Pulau Naira, Indonesia Pulau Nias, Indonesia Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia Pulau Pelangi, Indonesia Pulau Penuba, Indonesia Punta del Este, Uruguay Puri, India Qingdao/Tsingtao, China Qinhuangdao, China Rarotonga, Cook Islands Rijeka, Croatia Ringaskiddy, Ireland Rockland, Maine Rugen Island, Germany Saipan, Mariana Islands Sakaiminato, Japan Salaverry, Peru Samana, Dominican Republic Sanary-Sur-Mer, France Santa Barbara, California Santa Marta, Colombia Santana, Brazil Santo Antonio, Portugal Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala Sanya, China Seogwipo, South Korea Sepa Island, Indonesia Sevastopol, Crimea Seven Spirit Bay NT, Australia Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Sheerness, England Sibenik, Croatia Sibolga, Indonesia Sihanoukville, Cambodia Skagen, Denmark Skarsvag, Norway Skiathos, Greece Skjolden, Norway Skopelos, Greece Skyros, Greece Sokhna, Egypt Sopot, Poland St Malo, France St Pierre, Newfoundland St Raphael, France Surabaya, Indonesia Suva, Fiji Symi, Greece Syracuse, Sicily Takoradi, Ghana Talcahuano, Chile Tamatave/Toamasina, Madagascar Tarragona, Spain Thessalonika, Greece Thiruvananthapuram, India Tianjin, China Tobago Cays, St Vincent and the Grenadines Tristan da Cunha Tunis (La Goulette), Tunisia Tuticorin, India Varna, Bulgaria Vava'u, Tonga Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Vitoria, Brazil Vung Tau, Vietnam Waingapu, Indonesia Workington, England Wilmington, North Carolina Wrangell, Alaska Xingang, China Yantai, China Yatsushiro, Japan Ytterdal/Eidsdal, Norway Zamboanga, Philippines Link to comment Share on other sites More 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Rare Colin_Cameron Posted June 30, 2021 #3462 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, bluemarble said: Let's see if we can somehow manage to keep this thread going long enough to reach 500! I know things are slowing down a bit but that doesn't seem like too much of a challenge when there are still places like Philadelphia and Kuwait City on the list. This, is neither of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 30, 2021 #3463 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said: I know things are slowing down a bit but that doesn't seem like too much of a challenge when there are still places like Philadelphia and Kuwait City on the list. This, is neither of those. No, this is neither of those, but it is Horta, Azores. Good to see you still have photos to contribute, @Colin_Cameron. I may have to resort to posting public domain photos of places on the list I've visited, since it's doubtful I'll be able to find any more of my own photos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted June 30, 2021 #3464 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Inspired by the location of @Palmeat's latest port contribution, here is a public domain photo of a port I actually have been to on a ship (the one in the photo actually), although I haven't been there on Cunard. I've blocked out some giveaway hints on the ship, but can remove some of them if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted July 1, 2021 #3465 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, sfred said: Inspired by the location of @Palmeat's latest port contribution, here is a public domain photo of a port I actually have been to on a ship (the one in the photo actually), although I haven't been there on Cunard. I've blocked out some giveaway hints on the ship, but can remove some of them if needed. If I am not mistaken, which I frequently am, that looks like the ferry we took from the North Island to the South Island in New Zealand. I will hazard a guess at Picton being the port (many thanks for posting the list, as I now can tell which ports are missing), as that was the terminus from our start in Wellington. I do not recall exactly what the port in Picton looked like, but we had lounge access on the ferry and there was free-flowing NZ wines, so perhaps that is understandable. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted July 1, 2021 #3466 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Well done, @ExArkie. It is indeed Picton, New Zealand, the south island terminal of the interisland ferry from Wellington. Here is the original photo without the blackout edits, which show the name of the ferry, the ferry line, and a .nz website address. I've previously taken this ferry Arahura to Picton. It can be the most pleasant ride, or alternatively a very uncomfortable one as the sea between the north and south island can be quite rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted July 1, 2021 #3467 Share Posted July 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Tonopah said: I think I got one! Christchurch NZ? Well done @Tonopah - Christchurch NZ is correct⭐ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted July 1, 2021 #3468 Share Posted July 1, 2021 14 hours ago, bluemarble said: No, this is neither of those, but it is Horta, Azores. Good to see you still have photos to contribute, @Colin_Cameron. Well Done. Horta, it is. Somehow I had missed this on the list earlier. I've also spotted another couple of ports that I may be able to find scannable prints of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboardhome Posted July 1, 2021 #3469 Share Posted July 1, 2021 One of the "not yet seen ports".....viewed from QM2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted July 1, 2021 #3470 Share Posted July 1, 2021 If we may be allowed to have more than one "to be identified" port photo circulating at a time, it turns out that I did have a picture of one of the unseen ports - I just didn't realize it. This was taken in 2010, so allow for some differences (I don't think there are any significant ones) in the building. Apologize for the hazy character; I was using a zoom on a relatively humid day. We were not on a ship for this trip, aside from the harbor ferry, but our then-college-age son was on the one in the picture. Extra credit if you can identify what he was doing on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 1, 2021 #3471 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, ExArkie said: If we may be allowed to have more than one "to be identified" port photo circulating at a time, it turns out that I did have a picture of one of the unseen ports - I just didn't realize it. This was taken in 2010, so allow for some differences (I don't think there are any significant ones) in the building. Apologize for the hazy character; I was using a zoom on a relatively humid day. We were not on a ship for this trip, aside from the harbor ferry, but our then-college-age son was on the one in the picture. Extra credit if you can identify what he was doing on it. Absolutely no problem circulating another unidentified port photo, @ExArkie. I'm getting a match to the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The ship is the Explorer which I've learned sailed for a study-abroad program called "Semester at Sea" from 2004 to 2015. My guess is your then-college-age son was participating in that Semester at Sea program in 2010. Edited July 1, 2021 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboardhome Posted July 1, 2021 #3472 Share Posted July 1, 2021 QM2's Maiden Call into this port..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboardhome Posted July 1, 2021 #3473 Share Posted July 1, 2021 My third and final contribution to the "not seen yet" ports, viewed from QM2. Thank you to bluemarble for posting the list of unseen ports. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted July 1, 2021 #3474 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thank you very much for joining our game with your three QM2 port photos, @Starboardhome. Much appreciated. And two of your photos even show a Cunard ship per the long-ago-abandoned original premise for this game. Well done. I've used up my guess for today, but rest assured I'll be trying to identify these photos of yours to have one ready for tomorrow. There aren't that many ports listed on QM2 itineraries we haven't identified yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted July 1, 2021 #3475 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, bluemarble said: Absolutely no problem circulating another unidentified port photo, @ExArkie. I'm getting a match to the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The ship is the Explorer which I've learned sailed for a study-abroad program called "Semester at Sea" from 2004 to 2015. My guess is your then-college-age son was participating in that Semester at Sea program in 2010. Correct on all counts, of course. Semester at Sea was truly a life-changing experience for our son. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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