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Sydney Gets Ready to Welcome a Queen
Sydney will welcome the return of the largest ship ever to visit Australia tomorrow, when Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 makes a spectacular afternoon arrival as part of her third world voyage.
Making a rare overnight call, the ocean liner is expected through Sydney Heads about 5pm before making her way up the harbour to dock at Garden Island Naval Base at Woolloomooloo around 6.30pm. Now halfway through her 101-day world voyage, Queen Mary 2 will stay overnight in Sydney and will leave the city at midnight on Monday bound for Adelaide. Launched in 2004, Queen Mary 2 boasts 10 restaurants, five pools, the biggest ballroom at sea, the largest library at sea and the world’s first floating planetarium. Measuring 345 metres long and reaching 62 metres above the water, the elegant ocean liner is two-thirds the length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and taller than the Bridge’s road deck. Queen Mary 2’s visit will pour more than $1 million into Sydney’s economy through passenger and crew spending and port charges.
For more information on Queen Mary 2 and her world voyage visit www.cunardline.com.au
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