VK3DQ Posted October 23, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Golden Princess in Bass Strait Speed approx 9Knots on a slow 3 day trip from Sydney arriving Melbourne tomorrow morning when i will be boarding her regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathk13 Posted October 23, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Have fun John. We are boarding in December so would love to hear how she's looking after your trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 23, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Enjoy, she is a nice ship and will become the Pacific Adventure in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted October 23, 2018 #4 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Friends of mine have just booked the transpacific on Golden for April next year. Got a fly/cruise deal where they cruise to Vancouver,stay on for the first Alaska cruise , have a stay in Vancouver and then fly home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum52 Posted October 24, 2018 #5 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Enjoy your cruise John. We board as you disembark. Our second cruise on her this year. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 24, 2018 #6 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I worry about these extremely slow speeds in the Bass. in my experience the slower they go the worse the motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted October 24, 2018 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2018 looks like they have smooth seas today .... http://www.kroooz-cams.com/golden/golden1.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 24, 2018 #8 Share Posted October 24, 2018 17 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said: looks like they have smooth seas today .... http://www.kroooz-cams.com/golden/golden1.php That’s good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted October 24, 2018 8 hours ago, kathk13 said: Have fun John. We are boarding in December so would love to hear how she's looking after your trip. Hi Folks I have some internet so I will try to do a little blog and perhaps some photos Regards John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, possum52 said: Enjoy your cruise John. We board as you disembark. Our second cruise on her this year. Leigh Hi Leigh We will look after her well for you.. this will be our third trip in her Regards John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Wilsons Prom and Rodono Island in sight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Station Pier Melbourne But Who remembers this??? Name those ship please ??? I'll make it easy Four migrant ships, Oronsay, Australis, Galileo Galilei and Fair Star berthed at Station Regards John Edited October 24, 2018 by VK3DQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #13 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Whats UP after cruising from Sydney over the last 3 days at approx 10 knots Golden Princess has increased her speed to very nearly 22 knots if she keeps this up she will be very early at Port Phillip heads Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #14 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, VK3DQ said: Whats UP after cruising from Sydney over the last 3 days at approx 10 knots Golden Princess has increased her speed to very nearly 22 knots if she keeps this up she will be very early at Port Phillip heads Regards John Well that was strange she has dropped back to 10 knots again .. maybe this was to get clear of the two way system around Wilsons prom .. she increased speed for about 3/4 of an hour ...very strange Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairebearinaus Posted October 24, 2018 #15 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Oh I love that last photo John, my father travelled here on the Oronsay in the early 60s. He disembarked in Sydney though. I can see the ships berthed at Station Pier on my daily walk and it'll be lovely to catch the Golden again, she's my favourite ship and I was on her for her maiden voyage to Melbourne when we were welcomed with a giant golden banner being held up by helicopters. Sad I won't get to sail on her again before she leaves Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare cheznandy Posted October 24, 2018 #17 Share Posted October 24, 2018 29 minutes ago, clairebearinaus said: Oh I love that last photo John, my father travelled here on the Oronsay in the early 60s. He disembarked in Sydney though. I can see the ships berthed at Station Pier on my daily walk and it'll be lovely to catch the Golden again, she's my favourite ship and I was on her for her maiden voyage to Melbourne when we were welcomed with a giant golden banner being held up by helicopters. Sad I won't get to sail on her again before she leaves Princess. I remember when you were on that cruise! I agree, a great photo, with my Fairstar i there as well. Melbourne has certainly changed! Looks like P&O will make many changes to the Golden, the Santuary and the forward pool and spas will only be for those in certain Mini's and Suites, sad, I loved that pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawka Posted October 24, 2018 #18 Share Posted October 24, 2018 11 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Enjoy, she is a nice ship and will become the Pacific Adventure in 2020. oh i hope i can save enough to get back on her before that happens or maybe i will have to try her out as a p&o ship shes a lovely ship i have only done one cruise but i liked her so much i do want to do another trip on her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #19 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Who remembers doing this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #20 Share Posted October 24, 2018 2 hours ago, clairebearinaus said: Oh I love that last photo John, my father travelled here on the Oronsay in the early 60s. He disembarked in Sydney though. I can see the ships berthed at Station Pier on my daily walk and it'll be lovely to catch the Golden again, she's my favourite ship and I was on her for her maiden voyage to Melbourne when we were welcomed with a giant golden banner being held up by helicopters. Sad I won't get to sail on her again before she leaves Princess. Oronsay leaving station pier a classic this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted October 24, 2018 #21 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I will wave to you from Williamstown tomorrow. happy sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #22 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Fashions on Station Pier CIRCA 1962 Models Vida Elekna, Lynn Richmond, Terry Taylor and Gay Vardi, Station Pier, Melbourne) 1962; Edited October 24, 2018 by VK3DQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 24, 2018 #23 Share Posted October 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, VK3DQ said: Fashions on Station Pier CIRCA 1962 Way before my time, I was still a twinkle in my fathers eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK3DQ Posted October 24, 2018 Author #24 Share Posted October 24, 2018 20 minutes ago, Docker123 said: I will wave to you from Williamstown tomorrow. happy sailing. I'll wave from my balcony 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 24, 2018 #25 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Lucky fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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