This is my first post to this blog. Thought I should perhaps write a little intro to it. But I figured that's kind of redundant really. Best to just start posting ... So here goes:
It's been extremely cold of late. But thankfully, recently at least, the skies have been quite clear. Circular Quay is a great bustling place to be on days like this. And a few days ago it was graced with the presence of a massive cruise liner, the Sun Princess.
These behemoths dock there from time to time. It always amazes me how they even manage to navigate safely into position. It's a very tight fit. This becomes crystal clear if you cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge and look down at one of these massive boats. The deck is almost at the level of the bridge itself!
Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the Sun Princess from this angle. However I did manage to get it fairly close up, from ground level.
It's been extremely cold of late. But thankfully, recently at least, the skies have been quite clear. Circular Quay is a great bustling place to be on days like this. And a few days ago it was graced with the presence of a massive cruise liner, the Sun Princess.
These behemoths dock there from time to time. It always amazes me how they even manage to navigate safely into position. It's a very tight fit. This becomes crystal clear if you cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge and look down at one of these massive boats. The deck is almost at the level of the bridge itself!
Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the Sun Princess from this angle. However I did manage to get it fairly close up, from ground level.
The photos above don't really give you a sense of the vessel's enormity. However the one below does help a little in this regard.
Look at the boat that is moving along in its shadow, with the Opera House in the background. That's actually quite a big boat in its own right; it's certainly bigger than the iconic green and yellow ferries that cross the Sydney Harbour every hour of the day.
Look at the passengers on the deck and you'll see what I mean. But next to the Sun Princess it looks very small indeed.
Look at the boat that is moving along in its shadow, with the Opera House in the background. That's actually quite a big boat in its own right; it's certainly bigger than the iconic green and yellow ferries that cross the Sydney Harbour every hour of the day.
Look at the passengers on the deck and you'll see what I mean. But next to the Sun Princess it looks very small indeed.
In the video below you'll see another vessel -- also pretty large, with lots of passengers on deck -- move towards the shadow cast by the Sun Princess. It, too, gives a pretty good sense of the luxury liner's size.
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