Rasa Sayang

Whoooopeeeee!!!:D;)

Now, which bar to spend it in ???:p:p:p:p

I wish we did have the time to do so, but we are using all the extra days we have on the front end in NZ, since my husband lived there as an exchange student in high school, and the family with whom he lived is still there. So, will have to see Australia next time!

I guess we can let you off this time. :)

But I feel sorry for you because I know how you're going to feel when you sail into Sydney Harbour - you'll be wishing you had a couple of days to check it out.

Never mind. As you say - next time. :D

Hi Folks,

We are sailing on Celebrity Century on 1/6/12 out of Auckland to Sydney. The itinerary shows that the ship docks at 6:30 a.m. in Sydney, however, the cruise line says they do not recommend flights leaving the Sydney airport before 1:30 p.m.! Can anyone tell me their experiences on getting to the airport in terms of time? There is an 11:30 a.m. flight I would really like to get on.

My goodness :eek:

Not even taking a day to check out the most beautiful harbour in the world???

We might have to send you to the "naughty corner" :):D:p

No decision needed here - a day trip to Borobudur.

Over 1,000 years old - the largest Buddhist monument in the world

In the mist among the volcanoes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur

Most cruise ships run tours

Thanks for that Jen,:)

Good information re the parking.

Maybe there could be some sort of "sticky" put on this or a similar post - it seems to be a topic that is valuable and comes up occasionally.

According to the current blog entry she is.

http://pacificdawn.pocruises.com.au/index.php/meet-the-crew/

I bet that made your day.:D:p

Strange that almost 4 hours later there is still not a single mention of it in any Australian online newspapers.

You'd think they'd be right on to anything concerning P&O.

Lots of oldies on here. ;)

Actually my first cruise on P&O was my second sea voyage.

My first was in Army days in 1971 when my wife and I came home from Singapore on the Blue Funnel RMS Centaur which plied the Singapore-Fremantle run, occasionally stopping at Broome in far north W.A. during the cattle season.

It was an interesting vessel of only 8,000 tons, and carried 200 passengers in absolute 1st class conditions, plus a large amount of cargo in the forward area.

During the Broome cattle season it would pick up several hundred head of cattle for transhipment to Perth.

Stopping at Broome was an experience not seen in many places in the world. With a tidal range from a low around 2 to a high around11 metres, when the Centaur was in port during low water it actually sat on the bottom.

On to the P&O cruise - you guessd it - on the good old Himalaya in Novermber '72.

What a beautiful old vessel - in the tradional class of the great P&O ship.

You would all remember that those were the days when a ships officer sat at most tables for dinner. We had the First Engineer on our voyage and he was an absoulte character - well informed, amusing and entertaining, and an absolute gentleman.

We had a long break away and the returned to the cruising scene on the trouble plagued Pacifc Sky voyage of Mar 06 which broke down in the Malacca Straits on its first night out from Singapore.

That in itself was an adventure, which we followed up with a Christmas Cruise last year on the Pacific Dawn [formerly Regal Princess].

We are now looking forward to our next - the Oriana from Brisbane to Singapore via Hong Kong and a couple of other places.

Roll on February. :D