SouthAussie100

Hi all,

pics attached from the Week Fantastique on the Star.

I will add some more soon

cheers

ness

http://community.webshots.com/album/560628405zUGPkS?vhost=community&start=0

I've added a couple more videos to the wonderful world of YouTube :)

 

The first one is SouthAussie100's sailaway video. I've also added it to her "Last Post" thread.

 

The other one is a little timelapse video I had a bit of a play with last week when the Pacific Star was sailing back to Brisbane in bad weather.

thanks so much for the video Mr and Mrs Minx ! A treasure to be sure:D

cheers

ness / nance

We came across one delightful specimen of humanity last year. Really nasty piece of work, if you weren't Ozzie and straight then you were to be denounced. Pretty much the whole ship, passengers and crew told him where to get off with his attitude. Awful man.:mad: Also had some down home Chrisitians out of FLL once. God but they were hideous. Hated all Gay people. Funniest part was that Pied Piper had a group booked on that was about 75% of the total passenger list!:D

 

Lexx

Very much looking forward to the Cruisecritic SOU-NYC on the QE2:D

That bloody "ozzie" larrikin !! He certainly gets about. There is only one of him you know...the rest of us "Aussies" are really friendly !:)

Vanessa

Great pic!!

 

Karen

thanks Karen, I thought I was a 'first time' cruiser but actually I've been before :rolleyes: . Although, I think this time I will have a much better time ! My mum in the photo (who is now in heaven) was a great organiser and I'm sure had everything under control for our big first 'cruise' ! What brave souls all the mums and dads out there that made the decision to move to another country !! That's gutz !! Thank goodness for me and my brother we live here and not still trying to make a life in England. I have cousins in the UK who can't believe the beautiful country we live in and that we actually own our own house :eek: And yes, they believe that kangaroos are in every backyard (we have them sometimes) and you can't go swimming without being attacked by a great white shark. And, don't forget the deadly snakes waiting to bite behind every long blade of grass !! Glad to be an Aussie :)

I hope this works, haven't tried this before. Here is hopefully the link to webshots with the pic I was talking about

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2617074620101644679BDcGIB

good grief I was a cute kid :D

I came upon this site by accident as I am doing some research for a book. What a find! I too came out on assisted passage with my parents' date=' brother & sister in 1969 (I was 9) on the Fairsky. I remember lots of things, from the treacherous Bay of Biscay (the ship apparently had no stabilisers), to the crossing the line ceremony (I was in it and drank salt water!). Breaking down and floating across the equator, struggling in to Capetown. Then departing and having to make another stop in South Africa at Durban cause the engines still weren't right. But I loved every minute of it, I remember visiting Las Palmas and South Africa but I can't remember anywhere else. I am looking for the itinerary if anyone has it.

When we docked in Melbourne we stayed at Preston in the hostel.

I now live on the sunny Gold Coast and would to hear from other passengers. :D[/quote']

We were on the Fairsky too in 1969. we arrived just before my 5th birthday (in March). We stayed in the new immigrant hostel in Port Adelaide for a few weeks and ended up staying south of Adelaide. I really don't remember a lot about the cruise except the same waiter who looked after us every day and the delicious fresh pineapple juice for breakfast :) (other than the previous unfortunate incident I shared earlier in this thread :confused: ) I've still got a picture of us disembarking. I should try and scan and post here !

Thanks for this. I'll start posting here from now on.

 

BTW if anyone wants to find any of my timelapse cruisecam vids quickly, just go to http://youtube.com/MagicTyger

Great job Neilius, I love seeing what new cruise cam stuff you've put together and always scrolled back down the threads in case I missed one. Fantastic now I can just keep an eye on this one :D

yep, me too. In 1969 with my mum and dad and brother (9yrs). I was only 4yrs so don't remember a lot. One event really sticks in my mind. We were in an inside cabin (it was always dark and that scared me) and we only had a hand basin, no toilet in the cabin. My mum and dad must have wanted to go to a show or something and put us to bed with strict instructions we weren't to leave the cabin. Unfortunately, my brother decided he needed to go to the toilet (number 2's) and sticking to mum and dads instructions didn't leave the cabin but did it in the hand basin !!:eek: YUCK !! I still have the certificate for crossing the equator and have a vague memory of stopping at Los palmas (?sp).