A Historic Occasion
One of the world's oldest shipping lines, the United Kingdom's P&O Cruises was the first to launch the concept of cruise holidays.
The cruise line made available its first cruise holiday program back in 1904, offering passengers a first-class cruise onboard the liner Vectis, complete with shore excursions. 105 years later, P&O Cruises has a fleet of seven ships, including the largest P&O Cruises ship ever to visit Australia, the 83,000-tonne Arcadia.
The 2000-passenger Arcadia is a child-free superliner tailor-made for couples which sailed her first voyage in 2005. Featuring five dining venues and a 30-seat boutique cinema, she will visit Perth, Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Whitsundays in February on her maiden world voyage.
Meanwhile, as part of P&O Cruises' largest-ever World Cruise program, the luxurious Aurora and child-friendly Oriana will also visit Australia and New Zealand, calling at sixteen ports during February on their 2009 world cruises. All three ships will be showing off the results of a recent £13 million fleet-wide enhancement program featuring private balcony dining, new restaurants by celebrity chefs Marco Pierre White and Gary Rhodes and new shore excursions tailored to families and offering 'once in a lifetime' experiences.
For more information on P&O Cruises World Voyages and the cruise line's holidays in Europe, the Caribbean and North America, visit www.pocruises.com.
See the Ships
View Earlier EventsThursday 12 February
From 7am – Arcadia will make her way into Fremantle Harbour. She will dock at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal at 8am before departing at 6pm.
Monday 16 February
6.00am – Oriana will make her way into Sydney Harbour. She will dock at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay at 7am before departing at midnight.
From 7am – Arcadia will sail towards Outer Harbour, docking at 8am. She will remain in Adelaide until 6pm.
Wednesday 18 February
From 4.30am – Arcadia arrives into Port Phillip before docking at Station Pier at 8am before departing at 6pm.
From 7am – Oriana sails into Brisbane River, docking at Portside Wharf at 8am where she remains for the day. Oriana will depart Brisbane at 6pm.
Friday 20 February
6.00pm – Arcadia will arrive in Sydney Harbour, docking at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at 7.00pm. Arcadia will remain in Sydney over night, departing on Saturday 21 February at midnight. Please note: there will be no fireworks display as part of the visit.
Monday 23 February
From 7.30am – Arcadia sails into Brisbane River to dock at the Fisherman Island Wharf. Arcadia will remain in Brisbane for the day, departing at 6am.
Friday 27 February
From 7am – Aurora makes her way into the Brisbane River, docking at 8am. She will then depart Brisbane at 6pm.
Sunday 1 March
From 6.30am – Aurora will make her way into Sydney Harbour, anchoring at Point Piper Buoy at 7.00am then berth at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at 9.00pm. She will remain in Sydney overnight, departing on Monday 2 March at 6pm.