Departure port.

[Cruisin'allovertheworld]

Hello everyone,

 

I am brand new to Cunard and am going to be traveling on the Queen Elizabeth departing from Sydney January 22nd, 2024.

I am just having a quick look for accommodation (I'm from Perth) and I was wondering where the ship will depart from?

There seems to be multiple terminals in Sydney.

 

Thank you.

[bluemarble]

According to the schedule on the website for the Port Authority of New South Wales (www.portauthoritynsw.com.au), QE will be at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on January 22, 2024.

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2 hours ago, Cruisin'allovertheworld said:

There seems to be multiple terminals in Sydney.

 

That's true, but for Cunard ships it is almost always the Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT) at Circular Quay.  Sydney can take cruise ships at four locations:

 

1. The OPT.

2. White Bay Terminal.  The problem is that White Bay is on the other side of the Harbour Bridge and none of the Cunard Queens can fit under the bridge. White Bay is only used by smaller ships. 

3.  Neutral Bay anchorage.    If more than one large ship is in Sydney at the same time, one will dock at OPT and the other will anchor and tender.  However the tenders go to the OPT.   

4. Very rarely, large ships have used the Australian navy facility at Garden Island but this is indeed rare. 

 

One of the other cruise lines (I forget which) had a scheme to convert a cargo pier in Botany Bay to take cruise ships but that idea seems to have been abandoned. 

 

So, as @bluemarble indicated based on  the port schedule you will be at the OPT.