Australian Cruise Ships by Peter Plowman

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent. Signed by author.

This book provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and all the cruise liners seen in local waters since 2001, as well as a look ahead to the liners scheduled to come here later in 2007 and into 2008.

It features the 110 liners that have operated cruises in Australian waters over the past 35 years and provides full details, including important dates, types of accommodation, interesting facts, and general information, for every ship.

Over the years, the size of the liners seen in Australia has steadily increased. In the early days, cruise liners were usually no more than 25,000 gross tons, but in the summer of 2002, we welcomed the first liner to exceed 100,000 gross tons. In February 2007, the second-largest passenger liner ever built, Queen Mary 2, will make a visit to our shores. For the summer of 2007-08, the Australian cruise trade will be serviced by three liners exceeding 70,000 gross tons, something that would have been thought impossible even five years ago.

Illustrated with colour photographs.