Friday, May 24th, 2013

Cruising

Antarctica, ultimate in cool

Crashing glaciers, cruising orcas, penguins by the million. Any given day in the Antarctic turns up more once-in-a-lifetime images than seems possible.
January 15, 2011, 10:44 am
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Ice bath at the top of the world

We've parked our ship - the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory - exactly at the geographic North Pole, 90 degrees north, and dropped the gangplank on to the ice.
January 15, 2011, 10:25 am

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Kamchatka's cold Eden

Think ultra Siberia, the furthest peninsula of Far Eastern Russia. Jutting into the north Pacific, it is far more remote than Alaska, its neighbour across the Bering Strait.
January 15, 2011, 10:17 am

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Cruise the amazing Amazon

Leaving the Brazilian port of Manaus, our ship turns upstream and we begin a 10-day, 1100-nautical mile immersion in this Amazonian Genesis.
January 15, 2011, 10:13 am

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Why we love cruises

Cruising is a de-facto country, a virtual floating nation where Australians spent more than four million sea days last year.
January 15, 2011, 9:12 am

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Hot Hawaii

Discover the dramatic Hawaiian coastlines of Kauai, the Big Island, Maui and Oahu aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines' Pride of America for seven nights.
January 8, 2011, 5:42 pm

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Summertime cruise control

Sydney Harbour is the only place to be this Australia Day and Captain Cook Cruises is offering cruises allowing passengers front row seats to all the action.
January 8, 2011, 5:21 pm

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All aboard Greek goddess

Classic International Cruises started its sixth consecutive year cruising from Fremantle when the mv Athena arrived in the port city last weekend.
December 25, 2010, 9:45 pm

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Cruise to the Rugby World Cup

Cruiseco, an official travel agent for the Rugby World Cup 2011, has exclusively chartered two cruises aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas, for travellers to attend this big sporting event.
December 25, 2010, 9:29 pm

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A serious case of sea fever

Mandurah couple Keith and Doreen Purslowe love cruising the high seas.
December 21, 2010, 5:34 am

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Behind the feasts

Traffic flow and pre-preparation are key to serving three-course meals to 6000 diners a night.
December 15, 2010, 8:18 pm

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New queen of the seas

Royal Caribbean International is continuing to expand its selection of cruises with Legend of the Seas based in Asia year-round and Rhapsody of the Seas cruising Australian and New Zealand waters.
December 15, 2010, 7:38 pm

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The Allure of clean water

With the exception of bottled water, every drop used on Allure of the Seas has come from the ocean, but passengers would never know it.
December 15, 2010, 7:05 pm

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Feeding the biggest cruise ship

Feeding more than 6000 bellies on the average Allure of the Seas cruise is a logistical operation that involves more than 1000 crew.
December 15, 2010, 6:21 pm

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See start of Sydney-Hobart race

Follow the start of the yacht race and watch as the fleet set sail to Sydney heads.
December 10, 2010, 6:28 pm
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Allure proves big really is beautiful

Much has been made of the fact that the $1.57 billion, 360m Allure of the Seas is the biggest cruise ship in the world. And, climbing the four-storey air bridge, I get the first real taste of its size.
December 2, 2010, 11:28 am

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Advice for first-time cruisers

Some advice for the first-time cruiser concerned about getting the right wardrobe mix and packing enough different outfits to last an entire holiday.
November 25, 2010, 1:42 pm
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Full steam ahead for gift options

This Christmas, give the gift of something great to look forward to.
November 24, 2010, 1:17 pm

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Death and history on the Nile

In the 1960s, rising waters from a new dam threatened to submerge the temples and monuments of Nubia, the ancient home of black pharaohs in Egypt's far south.
November 23, 2010, 8:04 pm
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Cruise alarm bells

The luxury cruise liner Splendor limped into San Diego this month after a fire knocked out its power. Cruise critics say passengers were lucky in many ways - no one was killed or even seriously hurt.
November 23, 2010, 7:43 pm

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