sapphire princess

Sapphire Princess deprting Port Chalmers, N.Z. seen from Otago Penninsular

Auckland 15 Oct 2010

Auckland 15 Oct 2010

Sapphire Princess clearing Milford Sound.

Vladivostock 2003 I have posted this photograph to show members one of the world's saddest railway stations. Under Stalin's rule untold Russians arrived here to be loaded like cattle into ships for transport to various Gulags/Prison camps. Last week our national news ran a story stating Stalins's m

Arrival at Melbourne

Arrival at Melbourne

Berthed at Station Pier, Melbourne

Sunrise arrival at Melbourne

Arrival at Melbourne

Sapphire Princess at Lyttelton.

Sapphire Princess, Ketchikan, Alaska, 19/05/08

The Sapphire Princess was due to depart SYdney at 6:30, but it stormed instead! I took this minutes before the heavens broke.

Shot taken on: 22/02/08 The day Hobart, Tasmania, Australia was invaded with the Arrival of the: L: Crystal Serenity C: Sapphire Princess R: Mercury Bringing approx 8000 passengers plus crew to the City. For the Hobart Spotters, this shot was taken from near Bellerive Bluff

Shot taken on: 29/01/08 Seen here off Taroona on the Derwent River in Downstream from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia after making her second visit of the Summer.

Shot taken on: 29/01/08 Seen here getting underway on the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia after making her second visit of the Summer.

By the evening the weather improved enough to take some decent shots. I hope this photo conveys the sheer size of this ship, she's easily the biggest cruise ship in Sydney this season. The much hyped Queen Victoria is *only* 90,000 tons whereas this baby weighs 116,000 tons.

Another angle showing her interesting bridge structure.

You wouldn't get this close at Wellington. I must come up here more often