Early one February evening two Grand Dames of the Sea head out to sail
QEII
One old, and on her last voyage
Queen Victoria
One young, and on her maiden voyage
They salute each other with much horn blowing as they pass
and half of Sydney came out to watch
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Having such close access to such a wonderful harbour is making me homesick for Sydney. Great pic's. We did visit a local swimming hole recently - Pine Island, which used to be in the middle of the sticks and is now on the verge of suburbia. It is still a great spot for family fun though.
Look at all those people looking at those boats. Yesterday was so glorious too!
I found the attention on this by the media quite astounding. It was all over the news. I didn't find the thought of it terribly exciting...
Oh Tracey, Sydney loves its boats. Whether a twilight race, maxis heading to hobart or a passenger liner - Sydney-siders will come out to watch.
Aren't they beautiful! I hate the modern, cheesy looking cruise ships.
...and I just watched the grand old lady sail in, as she arrived on our shores today.
Tracey, you might be interested in this little dag of trivia - the boat has to stay at Luggage Point, as it does not fit under the big arched bridge which bends over the river that leads to the passenger terminal.
Luggae Point, is the crappy end of town (ha ha) as it's where the sewerage pipes terminate and sewer is piped into the sea. It's on a whole lot of empty land, popular with fishermen.
The area is, apparantly PACKED with tourists, sight seerers and gawkers looking at the old ship, taking pictures etc, s many people that police protection has been called and police are roping off the areas.
Roping off a sewage point. Uh-huh.
You pay $30,000 to travel on the boat and we make you disembark near sewerage.
That's the Australian way.
When the Queen Mary was in town last year she had to dock in the Naval Yards because she was too long to dock at Circ. Quay and too high to fit under the Bridge.
Serves them all right for building big boats. That's what I say...
They look about the same size in the photo - were they?
Stomper Girl, the Queen Victoria was much taller but otherwise they looked a similar size.
The Queen Victoria is built in the *new style* with all state rooms having balconies but from a distance I think the QEII looked more majestic.
What's with you Sydneysiders and your ships? Haven't you got better things to be watching in the early evening...like trashy reality TV???
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