Wed 15 Feb 2006 to Fri 7 Feb 2006.......

and then again......

Tue 20 Feb 2007 to Fri 23 Feb 2007

Since QM2 is visiting New Zealand and then Australia in February 2007 they'll have to cross paths somwhere, and I wonder where.

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jeffrossatsea wrote:
...sydney would definatly be the port to have the 2 ladies swapping stories

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Jeff, that sounds logical to me. We'll have to wait and see the Sydney Cruise Schedule for confirmation.

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Feb 20, 2007 looks like the date that QE2 & QM2 will be in Sydney together!

I think a weekend trip to Sydney will be in order! i'll have to save up some frequent flyer points!

from seatrader

'The 345mtr long Queen Mary 2 has been given permission to dock at the RAN fleet base at Garden Island on her maiden visit to Sydney.'

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Originally posted by phil_a:

'The 345mtr long Queen Mary 2 has been given permission to dock at the RAN fleet base at Garden Island on her maiden visit to Sydney.'

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Is Garden Island the area around Wooloomooloo?

Yes its right near there , im only 2 hours south of Sydney and i will be there all day on that day

I will be taking as many pics as i can ..........

[ 08-02-2005: Message edited by: Linerdan ]

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You can view aerial photo of Garden Island and Woolloomooloo(at the foot of Garden Island) in the back.

P.S. I have a book that photo shown the Oriana unusually berthed at Woolloomooloo when the Canberra, in the far distance, just departed Circular Quay.

[ 08-02-2005: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]

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Cruisincorey13 wrote:
Is the Dawn Princess still going to Australia? Thats what it says on the Sydney Port Authority list.

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No, she has been withdrawn. PACIFIC PRINCESS will be back to Australia to do her cruises and more.

See this thread: Dawn Princess pulled away from Australia.

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phil_a wrote:
...i dont think were gonna see QM2 in Adelaide/Fremantle. I think it will visit Auckland, Sydney and Cairns then up through Asia

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Actually Phil I have been getting a bad feeling about this, and what you have said could turn out to be true. My reasoning is based on how sister company P&O schedules its Australian world cruise visits. When Aurora and Oriana come down under, Perth and Adelaide only get to see one of the two during a summer season. Since QE2 is visiting us, logic would say that QM2 will not. Could I be correct?

Both our cities have very big British immigrant populations. When QE2 visits Adelaide (and I assume the same happens in Perth) she attracts big crowds. It would be very sad and bad marketing if QM2 did not visit Australia’s southern ports: Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth (Fremantle) where they could easily pick-up many new customers. Besides me being biased and for a good reason, from a marketing perspective why should QM2 go north from Sydney?

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Chris wrote:
Fremantle could not. The QE2 can barely make the turn into Fremantle (about 1,000 feet wide). Fremantle port is inside the mouth of the Swan River, so it has restrictions.

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Chris, there is an image in the Fremantle Ports gallery that shows USS Constellation turning in Fremantle’s Inner Harbour.

The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Constellation is 324 metres long. QM2 is 345 metres long. It may be possible for QM2 to swing unaided by tugs. In my opinion this can only happen if there are no containers ships berthed opposite the Passenger Terminal and also if the weather allows it. QM2 just swung in the Elbe River in Hamburg where she didn’t have much room to turn (see this thread: QM2 is now in Hamburg and in particular marco g’s post).

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Originally posted by bulbousbow:

The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Constellation is 324 metres long. QM2 is 345 metres long. It may be possible for QM2 to swing unaided by tugs. In my opinion this can only happen if there are no containers ships berthed opposite the Passenger Terminal and also if the weather allows it.

QM2 just swung in the Elbe River in Hamburg where she didn’t have much room to turn (see this thread: QM2 is now in Hamburg and in particular marco g’s post).

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The Elbe is much wider than Fremantle port especially between Strandkai and Afrikahoft.

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Originally posted by bulbousbow:
Ocean Liners, did you read what marco g said in his post? He said it was 355 metres wide where QM2 turned around. Is he wrong?

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I have a port map of Hamburg and Falk's Stadtplan.

You may also check out the Stadatplan at Website.

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The container terminal berths 6 and 7, and in the distance berths 1, 2 (Overseas Passenger Terminal), 3 and 4.

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