JMAK= :((./< Tuesday 21 February 2012 Brisbane fuel shortage hits ships A lack of fuel at the Port of to ever visit and currently making its inaugural circumnavigation of the country. Brisbane has forced cruise ships The 16-hour procedure held up the liner’s to delay departure or alter scheduled midnight departure on Valentine’s Day, with many passengers missing the chance Karen Christensen, GM and Director of routes to refuel by barge. to witness the “sail-away”. Sales and Marketing of Silversea Cruises Australia and NZ is here this month to PASSENGERS on the Queen Mary 2 were left On 10 February, Pacific Dawn was also answer your burning cruise questions. waiting until 2am to depart Sydney last week, affected by a fuel shortage in Brisbane. For the answers to Karen’s questions and P&O’s Pacific Dawn was diverted to After skipping Port Vila (Vanuatu) to avoid a today, click on the Facebook link at the end Gladstone, allegedly due to “refuelling issues” cyclone, the ship was turned away from Brisbane of each question. in Brisbane. and instead headed toward Gladstone. Speaking to Cruise Weekly onboard the Dawn anchored at Tannum Sands to be Q1 from Toby Wright: Toby would like to QM2, Commodore Christopher Rynd claimed refuelled by barge, and the ship returned late know if Silversea will send more ships to that Brisbane had “run out of fuel”, requiring into Brisbane. Australia in 2014? And also if the alternative plans to be made in Sydney. A spokeswoman for Carnival Australia said: company would consider establishing an Refuelling commenced at Garden Island at “Fuel is one of the infrastructure challenges Antarctic program. 10am but the barge had to make two trips to we face in Australia, with only five ports Q2 from Ingrid Courtney from Sydney: carry the enormous amount of fuel required offering the ability for cruise ships to refuel. Ingrid is wondering what Silversea’s policy for Cunard’s flagship – the largest cruise vessel “Unfortunately, circumstances meant that is on bringing pets onboard. Brisbane’s two fuel supply companies did not have supplies of the required fuel during the Email your questions for Karen to past fortnight.” [email protected] A spokesperson for BP was aware of only the incident involving Dawn, which he said, AS SEEN ON “turned up ‘on spec’ at very short notice, CW finally reveals My Cruise BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS which was not part of their contract.” THANKYOU to the hoard of readers who sent Caltex did not respond before deadline. us in stories of their own cruise adventures for Exceptional CW’s My Cruise segment, it was a pleasure reading all of your tales, and we were very ANTARCTICA Regatta sails into Sydney impressed with the efforts of all who entered. THE flagship of Oceania Cruises’ fleet, And now the moment you have been waiting Regatta, arrived in Sydney for the first time for, the winner of the inaugural My Cruise ever yesterday, beginning her Splendours of competition is Christina Austron. SAVE Down Under journey which takes cruisers to To read Christina’s story see p4. up * to $1,655 Australia, NZ and the South Pacific. Be sure to keep your writing caps on as this is per person Regatta is due to return to Sydney two more not the last chance you will have to impress us times in March as part of her Coral Seas and with your writing skills, as My Cruise will kick- Australian Adventure (Auckland to Sydney) and off again on 20 March when we will once again Jewels of the Pacific (Sydney to ) sailings. put a call out for your cruise stories.

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Island Princess, on Facebook at http:// Oriana Thu 23 Feb The Princess Cruises ship is the namesake of www.facebook.com/PrincessCruises and on Pacific Jewel Fri 24 Feb the original Pacific Princess, which starred in Twitter using the hashtag #loveboatinsydney. Saga Ruby Sat 25 Feb the filming of the popular Love Boat series in Amsterdam Sat 25 Feb the 1970s and 80s. Pacific Princess Sun 26 Feb Since the show ended in 1986, MacLeod has Volendam Tue 28 Feb continued as a spokesperson for the cruise line. Queen Elizabeth Tue 28 Feb He joined the world cruise as a guest speaker from Auckland to Sydney, sharing BRISBANE tales of the original Pacific Princess and the Oriana Tue 21 Feb cult series which made him a household name Radiance of the Seas Tue 21 Feb around the world. Seven Seas Voyager Fri 24 Feb Regarded as a catalyst for the cruising boom, Gavin MacLeod and Pacific Princess Pacific Dawn Sat 25 Feb the Love Boat was broadcast for ten seasons from 1977 to 1986 and is still in syndication in MELBOURNE 92 countries worldwide including Australia. Albatros Tue 21 Feb Princess Cruises’ passengers were often cast Explore Costa Deliziosa Thu 23 Feb as extras. YOUR WORLD Regatta Fri 24 Feb According to the company’s commercial CHOOSE FROM Volendam Sun 26 Feb director Stan Birge, Princess has always 40 CRUISES & Queen Elizabeth Sun 26 Feb 4 GRAND VOYAGES Paul Gauguin’s looking stylish D EPARTURES FROM APR TO DEC 2012 FREMANTLE PAUL Gauguin Cruises 332-guest luxury WITH Silver Shadow Thu 23 Feb vessel Paul Gauguin has emerged from its BONUS SAVINGS Albatros Mon 27 Feb largest renovation ever, which started during UP TO $5,345 PER GUEST Albatros Tue 28 Feb the ship’s recent 10-night crossing from Tahiti PLUS Costa Deliziosa Mon 27 Feb to Brisbane, and which was completed during SHIPBOARD CREDITS* Queen Mary 2 Tue 28 Feb the 11-night drydock that followed. US US OF $200 TO $1,000 Costing a cool seven million dollars, the PER STATEROOM ON SELECTED SAILINGS ADELAIDE renovations included new flooring and Albatros Thu 23 Feb carpeting; new furniture, window treatments, decorative wall panels, and signage; as well as new teak railings and bathroom flooring in BURNIE suites and staterooms. Explore Pacific Princess Fri 24 Feb YOUR WORLD Explore 2012 VOYAGES YO xploreD UR WO L R E UR WOR LD Gauguin’s La Veranda restaurant also received YO ON SALE st st GES From 1 February to 31 March, 2012 2 Volendam Sat 25 Feb 2 VOYA 012 VO 201 LE O YAGES 2 At , 201 s rch N a a redesigned entrance, refinished indoor and 1 M Fr st S o to 3 m 1 S Nst bruary Febr Fe uar A OFrom 1 y to 31st M L arch E , 2012 40 CRUISES & 4 GRAND VOYAGES Departures from APR to DEC 2012 outdoor furniture and solar shades throughout; PLUS ENJOY YAGES BONUS SAVINGS ND VO GRA & 4 APR to UP TO $5345 PER GUEST* 40 es from C epartur & & RU D JOY 4 GRA ISE PLUS EN ND V S S SHIPBOARD CREDITS* Depar OY I N G tures fr AGE S A V om APR S U S US$ US$ to DEC B O N UEST* OF 200 TO 1000 2012 HOBART PER G PLUS 5 EN O $534 PER STATEROOM ON SELECT SAILINGS JOY UP T B O N U whilst the vessel’s Le Grill now boasts new & ITS* S S A V CRED UP T I N G ARD SEE 2012-2013 O $53 S IPBO S$ 45 PER G SH U 1000 WORLD COLLECTION UEST* $ TO S ITINERARIES INSIDE & US 0 AILING S F 20 ELECT S HI O M ON S PBO TEROO ARD PER STA U CRE OF S$ DITS* 3 200 T US$ 12-201 PER ST O SEE 20 ION ATEROO 10 LLECT M ON S 00 The World Sat 25 Feb D CO E ELECT S RL SID AIL WO RIES IN INGS ITINERA SEE 20 decorative partitions and divider walls, as well WO 12-2013 RLD C NEW BROCHUREITI OLLEC NE TIO RARIES N INSIDE The World Sun 26 Feb as a new buffet area and new lighting. 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Fuel removal into 2nd phase Time to explore Africa by sea THE removal of fuel onboard Costa Concordia ADVENTURERS who have always wanted to is going well, with tanks now empty in the explore Africa by sea can now take advantage front part of the sunken ship. of an 18-day West African cruise package from 3257+2/( It is expected that the operation which began G Adventurers which is priced from $8,495pp. last week will be completed in the next two to The package includes 15-nights cruising three weeks. onboard M/S Expedition and two nights hotel accommodation in Cape Town and Accra, as well as some meals and non alcoholic drinks, SERIOUSLY wet walk. Grace in Finland and Sweden shore and Zodiac excursions, sightseeing and One American acrobat loves water so EUROPEAN Ferry company Viking Line has entrance fees and educational programs. much that he is risking his life to walk a dubbed its new 58,000-ton ferry, Viking Grace. The voyage departs Cape Town and travels to tightrope over Niagara Falls. Set to debut in January next year, Viking Accra in Ghana, with highlights including visits The acrobat, 33-year old Nik Wallenda, Grace will service guests on the Turku to UNESCO World Heritage Sites. was granted permission to try the stunt by (Finland) – Åland Islands (Finland) – For more information see your travel agent Canadian officials, who initially denied his Stockholm (Sweden) route. or CLICK HERE. request due to obvious safety concerns. The officials however relented and eventually granted Nik permission saying Port Review: Shanghai, China the stunt, which will be the first of its kind by Cruise Sales Manager, Rodger Condon in more than a century, will pay tribute to Niagara Fall’s long association with Shanghai is a city that is unlike any other! It is a city that catapults you into a frenetic energy daredevils. that defies your comprehension, where if you take just a few minutes to stand still you’ll “My dream is to walk into the mist, wonder just how all the Shanghainese keep up with the unbridled pace that surrounds them. disappear, and walk out the other end,” China is a rewarding destination for any traveller looking for their next cruise. Many cruisers said Nik, who has been tightrope walking perhaps feel that if they’ve cruised Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, ) as far north since the age of two. as Hong Kong, they need not venture further, however, returning to the Orient to visit China, Nik will perform the stunt without a the Russian Far East, Korea and Japan is a ‘must do’ that won’t disappoint. harness on a rope 70-metres above the falls. Most cruise lines include in their itinerary two days in Shanghai, but if you can get three days, even better. Depending on the size of your cruise ship will determine where you dock in Shanghai. Mega-sized ships dock 1-2 hours drive from Shanghai proper, and other ships can Slow food with Silversea dock at the new International Cruise Terminal, which is very close to the famous Bund and SILVERSEA has partnered with Slow Food across from the space-age Pudong area. The long sail up the Huangpu River is a something you Italy, to design a three-night pre or post cruise must not miss. tour program for guests onboard Silver Wind’s Shanghai offers such a variety of things to do, see and experience, I’ll be hard pressed to 30 April voyage (Rome to Venice), Silver Spirit’s cover even a fraction here. Beginning on the east banks of the Huangpu is The Bund, where 22 October sailing (Rome to Barcelona), and as you’ll be surprised to see grand European buildings from the 1930s fronting the river. a post-cruise only option on Silver Wind’s 17 There’s a great promenade and incredible view over to Pudong. Pudong, which unbelievably April voyage (Barcelona to Rome). was marshy farmland not so long ago is now an area that boasts some of the world’s tallest The tour is guided by Silversea’s culinary skyscrapers and modern hotels. From any heights all over the city, when you look down you’ll team and includes three-nights at Il Borgo, see tradition and culture exists unhindered. Old Cathay can be found in Shanghai’s Old Street Castello Banfi’s hotel in the heart of the and Yuyuan Gardens, plus you can line up for the freshest and best steamed buns! The vineyards and olive groves of Montalcino, a Shanghai Museum is a veritable treasure-trove with over 120,000 precious items within its cooking class on typical Tuscan specialties; an walls. Not too far away ancient towns still exist that appear to float amongst a spider-web of in-depth tour of the Castello Banfi winery; and canals. Shopping is ever-present, of course, as is sensational culinary delights. There’s so much more to this incredible city! a full-day tour of Slow Food-recommended vineyards, olive groves and farms. Roger’s Quick Tips The tour is priced from $3,599pp, see www.silversea.com for details. Best Months: March – June and September - October. Don’t Miss: Acrobatic show, dinner with views and supper at Cloud 9. Tour or Not: Tour (taxi drivers don’t speak English). Want to get fit whilst cruising? Sightseeing: The Bund, Old Street, Yuyuan Gardens, NORWEGIAN Cruise Line is rolling out TRX Shanghai Museum and Suzhou. Suspension Training classes to its entire fleet Food: Steamed Shanghai Buns and Hairy Crab. this month after their success onboard Language: Shanghainese; Mandarin. Norwegian Epic. Shopping: Nanjing Road and Old Shanghai Street. Shanghai sunrise The classes are designed to build participants Cash or Card: Cards (USD$ or local RMB for markets and taxis). core strength, flexibility and improve balance, By Roger Condon, cruise sales manager, Discover the World Marketing - with 15 years at sea. by using resistance straps.

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Their mystified Muscat (Oman), Fujayrah (United Arab Mediterranean cruises (embarking in Barcelona, looks are understandable – what are we Emirates), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Civitavecchia and Marseille) respectively. doing here? Emirates) and Khasab (Oman) We have suffered a long flight from • Includes: all onboard meals and Australia over the ocean vastness to South entertainment Healthy cruising video America and transfer to fly south, knowing • Contact: www.ecruising.travel ROYAL Caribbean has expanded its video offering with a new ‘Healthy Guests, Happy not a skerrick of Spanish. Then a pitching, Vacations’ video which gives cruisers a tossing, seasick 48 hours across the backstage pass to its medical facilities at sea. turbulent Drake Passage, and firm warnings Seaspray takes a short break and instructions to stay alive in this VISITORS to will be unable to enjoy South The video is part of a series which has been designed to engage cruisers in the world of inhospitable climate and remote location. Sea Cruises’ Seaspray Day Sailing Adventure This is not a trip for the frail or faint-hearted. day trip between 25 February and 15 March Royal Caribbean, and to view it visit www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com. But we have also been blessed with a 2012, as Seaspray will be out of the water sturdy ship and a brilliant Russian crew, and undergoing her annual service. highly experienced and knowledgeable Holidaymakers who have booked Seaspray Orion’s birthday specials expedition leaders who give daily talks. My cruises between these dates will be provided ORION Expedition Cruises is this year triple share cabin with ensuite is warm and with a full refund or a credit note for future celebrating the 8th anniversary of its operation comfortable and modern, the food is Seaspray adventures. by offering a raft of discounted suites and fabulous, and our fellow travellers, only For details see www.ssc.com.fj. staterooms onboard Orion and Orion II to sixty in number, share similar passions. those cruisers who have helped the company The ship’s common room is on the top to succeed and thrive, its past guests, level – warm and cosy, with huge picture Free MSC upgrades in the Med otherwise known as Pathways passengers. windows, through which we see grey water GUESTS who book onboard a selection of Discounted rates start from $2,100pp for whipped into meringue tops at one MSC Cruises Grand Mediterranean voyages will Orion’s seven-night Forgotten Islands and moment, and grey sky whipped with wisps be able to take advantage of a free upgrade, as Asmat Art voyage departing on 06 April 2012 of cloud the next. Several different types of well as complimentary transfers between between Thursday Island and Darwin; albatross accompany the ship across the Venice and Genoa. $2,500pp twin share on Orion II’s 11-night Drake Passage, skimming the tops of the The offer applies to combo bookings on MSC Asian Odyssey departing 08 April 2012 from waves, driven by the violent wind. Armonia and MSC Sinfonia from 20 July until Haiphong (for Hanoi) to Busan; and $2,000pp In calmer waters we spend ages on the icy 19 October 2012, as well as MSC Splendida for Orion II’s nine-night Vietnam Explorer deck armed with state-of-the-art cameras – and the yet-to-be-launched MSC Divina in between Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh City. so engrossed we are still wearing our indoor October 2012. Orion Expedition Cruises is also offering a 2- flipflops on our bare feet! Too excited to feel “Pay for an inside category one cabin and for-1 deal on Orion’s 11-night PNG Cultural the softly falling snow. Relatively good you will be upgraded to a category six to 10 Highlights voyages departing 09 and 20 March weather allows us frequent landings, with ocean view cabin on some of the cruises,” said 2012 between Cairns and Rabaul, priced from kayaking, climbing and skiing a bonus. We Lynne Clarke, MD of MSC Cruises Australia $10,445 per stateroom; as well as a special see Leopard and Weddell and Crab Eater and New Zealand. deal of $6,669pp including free charter flights seals, and at least six types of penguins here “That means you can have an ocean view between Narita and Petropavlosk on Orion II’s in penguin heaven. Whales surface next to our cabin from $1,318 per person, twin share for a 10-night Natural Treasures of the Russian Far zodiacs, and the birdlife is rich and constant. combo cruise on MSC Armonia and MSC East voyages departing 31 May and 10 June An Antarctic cruise is not to relax and Sinfonia in October,” she added. 2012, between Otaru and Petropavlovsk. unwind, and certainly not cheap. However, For more details see your travel agent or Pathways guests who want more info on the it is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I visit www.msccruises.com.au. deals should call 1300 361 012. will never forget.

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Heroes of Adventure - and how you can follow in their footsteps by: Roderick Eime

Most guests aboard adventure and expedition cruise ships would or Paul Gaugin that visits Tahiti, Pitcairn or Norfolk Island. probably quote the scenic beauty and wildlife experiences as their While visiting familiar sites and locations from the great moments prime motivation, but many would also cite visiting or reliving some in history is exhilarating for retro-adventure buffs, I would argue that of the famous journeys of history. there is just as much excitement learning about the unheard-of or My first expedition cruise to Antarctica in 1998 introduced me to the lost-to-time great feats of endurance and derring-do. For the now not-quite-so-unknown Australian explorer, Sir Hubert example, Count Felix von Luckner, the German nobleman and sea Wilkins. Our Quark Expeditions guest lecturer from the Scott Polar raider of WWI who took a longboat from Tahiti to Fiji in 1917 after Research Institute at Cambridge University berated me (as being shipwrecked. Or the diminutive Inuit woman, Ada Blackjack, quasi-ambassador for Australia) for our shamefully poor knowledge who was the last survivor of a failed arctic expedition stranded on of this extraordinary man. Wilkins, in case you didn’t know, was the Wrangel Island in the Chukchi Sea - or the heroic Capt Bob ‘Ice first man to take a submarine beneath the polar icecap, fly an aircraft Master’ Bartlett who braved sea ice, polar bears and unfriendly in Antarctica and fly across the polar icecap - among just some of his Russians to rescue another party marooned on the same island. achievements. Visitors to Deception Island should know that the Spitsbergen is another impossibly remote archipelago dripping popular Whalers Bay was his base for these explorations over with history, including two heroic chapters from the mind-boggling summer 1928-29. Wilkins repertoire. Who remembers the valiant airship assaults on Visiting Mawsons Hut at Cape Denison with Heritage Expeditions or the North Pole launched from the world’s most northerly Orion is becoming a pilgrimage of the order of the Kokoda track and settlement, and the mysterious disappearance of Roald Amundsen bowing in respect at Shackleton’s grave on South Georgia is another. during the search and rescue? Clue: movie ‘The Red Tent’. Some hardy trekkers have even completed his famous There are many more, but I will leave you with the tale of Sir John cross-country hike across the island with the likes of Aurora Franklin who, along with 127 of his men and two state-of-the-art Expeditions. And who could forget the escape from Elephant Island vessels, vanished almost without trace attempting to forge the revisited by Silverseas guests just recently. northwest passage across the top of Canada. Today One Ocean On a recent American Safari Cruises itinerary in Hawaii, we visited Expeditions is one of a handful of truly adventurous cruise the site of Cook’s final moments, a poignant experience for many companies offering a “no casualty” re-enactment of Franklin’s 1845 folly. Australians. The well-documented plight of the Bounty mutineers, For more details on these great journeys contact your favourite whether you side with Christian or Bligh, can be explored at various ICCA adventure cruise agent or visit: locations on a South Pacific cruise, like those of Hapag-Lloyd, Aranui www.adventurecruiseguide.com.

Wilkins prepares for his arctic fl ight of 1927 Aurora passengers at historic site on Svalbard Last days of Franklin

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