Cruising Bass Strait

Crossing Bass Strait on the Spirit Of Tasmania I at 27 knots. This is a big, fast boat.

Anchored

An anchored cargo ship off the Sunshine Coast.

Bounty Bounty

Some bounty from the Bounty. A pintle and rudder gudgeon recovered from the famed Bounty after its mutiny in Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island. The Otago Museum in Dunedin has some remarkable items to see.

Ships In The Mist

A ship in the mist on Milford Sound. Just to give you some scale, that ship is approximately 30m long.

Shipping Queue

A queue of ships on the horizon all bound for the Port of Brisbane.

Polarlys

The Hurtigruten ship MS Polarlys and her crew pose for a photo before departing the port of Bodø on the northbound trip to Tromsø. The journey was delightful and the ship a veritable luxury cruise liner.

Viking Ship

A beautiful old Viking ship from many years ago, now preserved in the Oslo Viking Ship Museum. This place is well worth the time to visit, the history here is amazing.

TSS Earnslaw

A famous steam ship on lake Wakatipu in Queenstown.  This ship was built by the same company that built the Titanic.

Shipwreck

At Woody Point near Redcliffe lies this old shipwreck, the HMQS Gayundah. Apparently it was the first naval ship with wireless telegraphy commissioned to the colony of Australia.

Cook's Endeavour Replica

While I was in Brisbane I was also lucky enough to see this replica of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour.

Ship

If you take a drive down to Pinkenba on the north side of the Brisbane River you will find lots of industrial sites and ship loading facilities.