Pacific Explorer

P&O and Carnival halt cruising for 30 days – P&O offers 200% refund to passengers

P&O Cruises Australia has today followed a long list of lines in pausing its cruise itineraries for 30 days “following advice from the country’s ...

Pacific Dawn rescuing sailors near New Caledonia

Dramatic footage shows Pacific Dawn crew rescuing three sailors

The Pacific Dawn has come to the rescue of three sailors who sent out a distress call when their yacht started taking on water ...

Captain Sponge, an oyster producer in Eden that has welcomed cruising

Eden: the town that loves cruise welcomes Pacific Explorer this weekend

For the locals of Eden, a small coastal town equidistant between Sydney and Melbourne, Sunday September 15 been clearly marked on their calendars for ...

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Cruise Season 2019: New itineraries for Australia and NZ

The countdown has begun  for Australia’s cruise season – and there is plenty on offer this year that’s new. Cruise lines are becoming more ...

Colourful cocktails in the hands of cruisers to illustrate minimum drinks packages

P&O launches free drinks on select cruises

For those who love a tipple on their holiday, P&O Cruises Australia are offering free premium drinks packages for guests sailing on voyages of ...

Cruising Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

The eight best cruise itineraries to New Zealand

New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud has attracted Aussie travellers for decades with its alluring natural beauty and warm community. In ...

P&O's Pacific Adventure

P&O names its newest ship, the Pacific Adventure

Six P&O Cruises Facebook fans have picked a name for the line’s newest, and biggest ship. The Pacific Adventure, which is currently sailing as ...

Carnival Corp seeks to find solution on same-sex marriage issue

Carnival Corp seeks to find solution on same-sex marriage issue

Carnival Corporation’s Australian managers today promised support to reinstate marriages for gay and lesbian passengers aboard their vessels. The move came in a statement ...

Cruise lifeguard debates flares again

Cruise lifeguard debates flares again

Cruise giants Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and Carnival Australia have no plans to follow Disney and Princess Cruises (Asia only) in employing lifeguards to ...

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Pacific Dawn’s historical debut visit to Gladstone

Pacific Dawn became the first cruise ship to visit Gladstone, a central Queensland port. Receiving a warm welcome from the locals, followed by a ...

Australian illustrator Megan Hess sketches Pacific Eden

Australian illustrator Megan Hess sketches Pacific Eden

She shot to fame after illustrating Candace Bushnell’s best-selling novel Sex in the City in 2008 and went on to work with leading fashion ...

P&O Cruises President Sture Myrmell on Pacific Eden

P&O Cruises celebrates 2016 with record bookings

  P&O Cruises has begun the New Year on a high note recording bumper sales. The cruise liner’s popularity amongst Australians hit an all ...

Pacific Eden's maiden call to historic Portland

Pacific Eden’s maiden call to historic Portland

Just few months ago Pacific Eden was welcomed in Australia with a grand ceremony in Sydney. Kicking off 2016, P&O’s latest ship Pacific Eden ...

Eden a "disaster"? We don't think so...

Eden a “disaster”? We don’t think so…

The Pacific Eden, P&O’s recent fleet edition which undertook a complete refurbishment and joined the flag last month, has come under fire after passengers ...

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Cruisers keen to try P&O’s first alcoholic drinks package

P&O Cruises Australia has this week launched its very first alcoholic drinks package, currently being trialled onboard Pacific Pearl. The package is expected to ...

Pacific Dawn Passenger Review

Passenger Review: Pacific Dawn

WORDS: Josephine Retschitzegger Aged: 13 Home: Brisbane Ready for the teen disco on board Pacific Dawn. My name is Josephine, I’m 13 years old ...