Golden Princess on her way to Melbourne 24/10/18

[VK3DQ]

Getting closer.. i hope this works

 

 

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Edited October 24, 2018 by VK3DQ

[VK3DQ]

6 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Lucky fellow.

 

I've been waiting for this for some time , its been a battle to be well enough to go .. so now I intend to enjoy every moment!!! :-)

 

best regards  John

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Bon Voyage

[VK3DQ]

4 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Bon Voyage

 

Thanks , I cannot find a webcam all of the port ones seem to be offline 

 

Oh well 3 hours and 30 mins before the car arrives to take us to Station pier us is Jean my wife and Elsie the MIL and last but not least Me (John)  yes after 50 years married i get both the Wife and the MIL   🙂

 

Regards

John

[GUT2407]

9 hours ago, VK3DQ said:

 

I've been waiting for this for some time , its been a battle to be well enough to go .. so now I intend to enjoy every moment!!! 🙂

 

best regards  John

Good luck with the health issues John. Enjoy your cruise.

[MicCanberra]

9 hours ago, VK3DQ said:

 

I've been waiting for this for some time , its been a battle to be well enough to go .. so now I intend to enjoy every moment!!! :-)

 

best regards  John

Glad you can cruise again.

14 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Bon Voyage

Bon voyage.

[Docker123]

30 minutes ago, VK3DQ said:

 

Thanks , I cannot find a webcam all of the port ones seem to be offline 

 

Oh well 3 hours and 30 mins before the car arrives to take us to Station pier us is Jean my wife and Elsie the MIL and last but not least Me (John)  yes after 50 years married i get both the Wife and the MIL   🙂

 

Regards

John

 

They disabled to Port webcams a couple of years ago. Said it was not part of their core business.

 

Boat arrived early, 5.15. Luckily no big horn noises to wake me up.

 

[MicCanberra]

John will be getting very excited now.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

1 hour ago, Docker123 said:

 

They disabled to Port webcams a couple of years ago. Said it was not part of their core business.

 

Boat arrived early, 5.15. Luckily no big horn noises to wake me up.

 

 

The only cam I could find is one from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS). If you look carefully , Golden is at Station Pier on the middle , right hand side of the screen grab.

Looks like you have scored a great day for sailaway

[possum52]

Disappointing the webcam is not available any more. I used to look at it whenever cruise ships are at Station Pier. Certainly is a beautiful day in Melbourne, cool but nice in the sun.

 

Leigh

[Dobby_The_Ship_Elf]

I might just go down to Port Melbourne for lunch and an optic nerve     😎

[MicCanberra]

5 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

 

The only cam I could find is one from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS). If you look carefully , Golden is at Station Pier on the middle , right hand side of the screen grab.

Looks like you have scored a great day for sailaway

great job scouting that one out.

[clairebearinaus]

Thanks for that 2nd photo of the Oronsay, I really appreciate it.

 

Hope you have a great trip.  I too shall be waving from Williamstown!

[Hawka]

Is it going to Mare New Caledonia ??

[Hawka]

[MicCanberra]

I suppose it is.

[kathk13]

On 10/24/2018 at 6:29 PM, clairebearinaus said:

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.

 

Mum and I were on that one too. It was so cool to have the welcome banners 🙂

[Hawka]

Was on herb second cruise to New Zealand a customer we on her first to New Zealand that didn't make it around the bottom of New Zealand , it was my first cruise and I loved it and loved that ship would love to get on her again if I can afford it one day

[Thorpe]

I got off her this morning and it was a very slow trip from Sydney! Had fun but it felt a bit disorganised in parts on board. Probably because of the short trip after the long one across the Pacific and the change of some crew.

It was my 2nd trip on her but after getting off the Majestic a few ago it highlights that in some parts she needs a bit of love and care but nothing to complain about. 

I was in a window suite and was interested to see that P&O are selling these as 5 bed family cabins when she heads over. Will be interesting to see where the 5th berth is. 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

12 hours ago, Hawka said:

Is it going to Mare New Caledonia ??

 

DatePortArriveDepart
Thu 25/10/18 Melbourne / Australia 16:00
Fri 26/10/18 At Sea
Sat 27/10/18 At Sea
Sun 28/10/18 At Sea
Mon 29/10/18 Maré (New Caledonia) / South Seas 09:00 18:00
Tue 30/10/18 Mystery Island (Inyeug), Vanuatu / South Seas 07:00 16:00
Wed 31/10/18 Champagne Bay (Espiritu-Santo/Vanuatu) / South Seas 10:00 19:00
Thu 01/11/18 Port Vila (Vanuatu) / South Seas 08:00 18:00
Fri 02/11/18 Lifou (New Caledonia) / South Seas 07:00 14:00
Sat 03/11/18 Luganville (Vanuatu) / South Seas 08:00 17:00
Sun 04/11/18 At Sea
Mon 05/11/18 At Sea
Tue 06/11/18 At Sea
Wed 07/11/18 At Sea
Thu 08/11/18 Melbourne / Australia 06:00

[MicCanberra]

Nice amount of sea days to port ratio.

[Hawka]

4 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

 

DatePortArriveDepart
Thu 25/10/18 Melbourne / Australia 16:00
Fri 26/10/18 At Sea
Sat 27/10/18 At Sea
Sun 28/10/18 At Sea
Mon 29/10/18 Maré (New Caledonia) / South Seas 09:00 18:00
Tue 30/10/18 Mystery Island (Inyeug), Vanuatu / South Seas 07:00 16:00
Wed 31/10/18 Champagne Bay (Espiritu-Santo/Vanuatu) / South Seas 10:00 19:00
Thu 01/11/18 Port Vila (Vanuatu) / South Seas 08:00 18:00
Fri 02/11/18 Lifou (New Caledonia) / South Seas 07:00 14:00
Sat 03/11/18 Luganville (Vanuatu) / South Seas 08:00 17:00
Sun 04/11/18 At Sea
Mon 05/11/18 At Sea
Tue 06/11/18 At Sea
Wed 07/11/18 At Sea
Thu 08/11/18 Melbourne / Australia 06:00

cool just threw me thought was going to nz lol New Calendonia sounds like it is soooo far away but looking at the map it isnt really my bad lol but Mic said nice balance of sea days to port days 

[MicCanberra]

Yeah, I like lots of port days when visiting areas/ regions I haven't been to before but for the local / South Pacific cruises, sea days are great.