Queen Mary Departs
As I write this I can hear the Queen Mary 2 sounding her horn as she leaves Sydney. When I arrived at work this morning, The Queen had already arrived in Sydney ahead of the QE2 and moored below our offices at the naval dockyard (too large to fit at the International Passenger terminal). Making her maiden voyage, the QM2 is the largest ship ever to visit Australia at 150,000 tonnes.
Her sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2 docked later this evening. This was quite emotional for me as my nana, used the QE2 to travel around the world and once made the same journey into Sydney.
The last time two Cunard Queens called at Sydney together was during World War II, when they were troop carriers.
David and I went to see the firework show after the arrival of the QE2, which being on Sydney harbour was of course fantastic.
A perfect night.
Farewell QM2
Written by TechStickle on February 20th, 2007 with
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