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Best cruises from Melbourne with savings of up to $1000

Cruise lines departing from Melbourne are offering best-value cruises with savings of up to $1000 per person.

A guide to Melbourne’s homeported ships for 2019

Melbourne is fast becoming a major port for lines like Princess Cruises, Cunard as well as P&O to send their ships to in 2019. ...

Carnival Legend to homeport from Melbourne

Carnival Cruise Line is homeporting the Carnival Legend in Melbourne for 16 sailings over 2018/19. She will now call Melbourne home with her first ...

Cunard to base Queen Elizabeth in Australia for two months as demand takes off

For the first time in the company’s illustrious 179-year history, Cunard is to homeport a ship in Australia. The Queen Elizabeth – a 90,900 ...

Golden Princess passengers exposed to hepatitis E

Passengers on board the Golden Princess have been told to look for signs for a rare form of hepatitis. Symptoms include chills, vomiting as ...

P&O pioneers adventure and targets families with Pacific Explorer

The battle for the Aussie family cruise passenger will be joined in earnest next year, when P&O’s new ship Pacific Explorer enters the fleet. ...

The Best Cruise Lines for First Time Cruisers

Carnival Legend to be homeported in Melbourne

One of Australia’s favourite ships, Carnival Legend will be re-homported to Melbourne, moving from her home at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal. She’ll be moving ...

P&O celebrates the 2015 Melbourne Cup in style

Guests onboard P&O’s three iconic ships – the Pacific Jewel, Pacific Pearl and Pacific Dawn – celebrated this year’s Melbourne Cup in style. It ...

Golden Princess makes a theatrical entrance into Melbourne

Travel writer Sue Wallace was one of the first onboard to review Australia’s newest homeported ship for Cruise Passenger as she arrives in Melbourne ...