Welcome to my travel blog. We are occasional cruisers, usually with the aim of travelling at least once each year.

Previously I have published each cruise with a separate blog. I have now decided to combine them all in a single location. This blogs primary purpose is to keep a summary of our cruises for ourselves.
The Brisbane ship tab is a list of upcoming ships into Brisbane for the ship watcher enthusiast. The photo tab are cruise ship photos. World cruise blog tab has links to follow, making it easier if you access the blog by a mobile device and can't see my reading list on the right.

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Cruise ships Brisbane 27th February - 5th March 2017

Cruise ships scheduled for Brisbane this week include quite a number of overseas ships on transit visits. For fans there is a ship every day this week.

PORTSIDE
Monday 27th February 2017: Pacific Aria
Wednesday 1st March 2017: Black Watch
Thursday 2nd March 2017: Seven Seas Navigator
Friday 3rd March 2017: Pacific Aria
Saturday 4th March 2017: Sirena
Sunday 5th March 2017: Sun Princess

FISHERMAN ISLAND
Tuesday 28th February 2017: Queen Elizabeth
Saturday 4th March 2017: Queen Mary 2


From my photo archives
Sun Princess 2012 at Akaroa, New Zealand

Sunday, 19 February 2017

Cruise ships in Brisbane 20th - 26th February 2017

Wednesday this week is looking interesting for cruise ship fans. Many of the ships this week are too large to fit under the bridge or turn around in the river and will dock at the multi-use terminal at Fisherman Island. Others will dock at Portside as usual.

At Portside:
Monday 20th February 2017: Legend of the Seas
Friday 24th February 2017: Pacific Aria
Sunday 26th February 2017: Sun Princess

At Fisherman Island
Wednesday 22nd February 2017: Arcadia
Wednesday 22nd February 2017: Ovation of the Seas
Friday 24th February 2017: Norwegian Star

Note: Ovation of the Seas is listed as docked at GP berth.
The Port of Brisbane have updated their website with a handy download with map for the Arcadia and Ovation visit. Check it out here.
On the map there is a small park just off Lucinda Drive, marked with a blue water way. On our visit last October there were many black swans on the water. 

Sunday, 12 February 2017

Cruise ships in Brisbane 13th - 19th February 2017

Cruise ships expected this week in Brisbane. Both are scheduled at Portside.

Wednesday 15th February 2017: Albatross
Thursday 16th February 2017: Sun Princess

From my photo archives

Sun Princess 2010, Portside Brisbane


Sunday, 5 February 2017

Cruise ships in Brisbane 6th -12th February 2017

A nice mix of different cruise ships expected this week in Brisbane. All are expected to dock at Portside except Radiance of the Seas scheduled for the multi-use terminal at Fishermans Island.

Monday 6th February 2017: Seven Seas Voyager
Wednesday 8th February 2017: Legend of the Seas
Friday 10th February 2017: Pacific Aria
Saturday 11th February 2017: Radiance of the Seas
Sunday 12th February 207: Crystal Symphony

Port of Brisbane
Download: Port of Brisbane cruise info


From my photo archives:
Crystal Symphony docked at Napier New Zealand, December 2012.

Friday, 3 February 2017

Cruise ship photos

I love to head out to Portside Brisbane to take a few photos of cruise ships in my "spare" time. So I thought I would compile them into a single blog post. I'll keep adding new ones to the top, and I'll include some taken on holidays at other ports.
Updated 28/1/2024


Pacific Encounter 2023, Cairns

Seven Seas Voyager 2018, Portside Brisbane
Oceania Regatta 2017, Portside Brisbane
Voyager of the Seas 2017, Port of Brisbane
Pacific Aria 2017 Brisbane river
Crystal Symphony 2017, Portside Brisbane
Sea Princess 2017, Portside Brisbane
Sea Princess 2016, Portside Brisbane
Pacific Aria 2015, Mare, New Caledonia
Pacific Aria 2015, Brisbane
Diamond Princess 2015, Sydney
Carnival Legend 2015, Noumea, New Caledonia
Oosterdam 2015, Sydney
Pacific Jewel 2015, Brisbane
Pacific Dawn 2014, Alotau, Papua New Guinea
 Pacific Dawn 2014, Rabaul Papua New Guinea
Seven Seas Voyager 2014, Portside Brisbane.
Sun Princess 2012, Auckland, New Zealand
Crystal Symphony 2012, Napier, New Zealand
Sun Princess 2012, Akaroa, New Zealand
Radiance of the Seas 2012, Sydney
Sun Princess 2010, Portside Brisbane
Pacific Dawn 2010, Lifou
Pacific Dawn 2010, Brisbane