Australia Day Cruise

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Brother Garry arranged this 3 day cruise out of Sydney with a return to the Harbour for the full day of celebrations on the 26th.

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Photos

Set to go
We boarded the P&O Lines, Pacific Pearl, in Sydney Harbour. Although Marlene has had many boat trips and sailing adventures, it was her first "cruise."

Harbour Icons
It looked to be a tight fit under the Harbour Bridge...reminded us of a few low bridge clearances we had on Gust O'Wind.

18 footer
Being Sunday, the Harbour was alive with boats of all shapes and sizes. Many of the small sailboats delight in near misses with ferries and big ships like us...earning a horn blast is the reward.

South Head
I had a nostalgic moment here....it was 48 years ago that I last sailed out of Sydney Harbour on the P&O Liner, Canberra, on my way to Canada.

Australia Day
We re entered the Harbour early in the morning of the 26th for Australia's national holiday.

Australia Day tucker
Consumed on deck while enjoying the action on the Harbour. Washed down with a beer of course!

Racing
The best way to see the Harbour is by ferry, used by many to commute to work...they had a race category to themselves.

Coming through!
The captain of this Manly Fast Ferry had his hands full dodging oncoming traffic...bet he missed his schedule.

Old Timers
A few tall ships that offer Harbour cruises had their own races in slow motion.

Old 18 footers
These are the ones I remembered from the 1960s....I thought they were fast until I saw the new version sailed today...see pic. 3.

Sister ship
The Jewel is an identical twin sister of our ship, the Pearl.

Spoiled!
The food aboard was excellent as was the company!

Aboard
The Pearl was all decked out for the occasion and activities included meat pie eating, a thong toss (translation: flip flops!) prawns and plenty of beer...great fun!

Finale.
Our ship was perfectly positioned to take in the spectacular fireworks display, made all the more dramatic by the magnificent Harbour....a great ending to a memorable day!

Comments

[Lorraine Runstedler]

G'day
Another amazing outing for the Rasmussen's!! Australia Day tucker (Yum!!) - washed down with a beer "or two" perhaps - Well, of course(ha)

[Peg Travis]

Cruise
Looks like a beautiful cruise! Lots of snow at Sauble.