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Post by Kereru on Jan 10, 2009 10:32:44 GMT 12
For all the Nautical enthusiasts the Cruise liner season is well under way and I have managed to capture a couple leaving Auckland. I hope other enthusiasts at Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Lyttleton and other ports can catch some of the liners visiting and post them here too. Silver Whisper leaving Auckland in the morning of 5 January.    Sun Princess leaving in the evening of 8 January.   Colin |
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Post by nzompilot on Jan 10, 2009 10:53:39 GMT 12
Nice pics Colin  Here are the two I managed to catch over the break in the Sounds Volendam heading down the Sounds after departing from Picton on Christmas Eve in rather poor weather  Clipper Odyssey departing on 29th Dec in infinitely better conditions  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 10, 2009 11:06:32 GMT 12
There have been some real monsters in Wellington lately; some tower even over the rim of the Westpac Stadium. Great idea Colin, ships can be very magestic and make good topics.
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Post by Kereru on Jan 19, 2009 20:37:11 GMT 12
Nice shots Craig. Wellington has some great vantage points Joe. I will keep an eye on Grabaseat for some bargain flights for ship and plane spotting. This one went out on Saturday and will be in Lyttleton tomorrow morning. Diamond Princess coming down the harbour with the museum and Mt Eden in the back ground.  The sun started to break through the cloud as she heads around North Head in to the Rangitoto Channel bound for Tauranga.  Cheers |
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Post by nzompilot on Jan 19, 2009 21:08:22 GMT 12
More great pics Colin. I will have to search out some good viewing spots in my new locale, when I get there, since they get some monster cruise ships in over there  I know where all the good aiprort spotting areas are, but not the sea port ones. |
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Post by Marcus on Jan 19, 2009 22:13:27 GMT 12
Hi Colin Another pic of Volendam this time at Picton 14-01-09  Also taken at Picton, the blades for the wind turbines that are tto be erected in the vacinity. Massive objects!  |
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Post by Marcus on Jan 19, 2009 22:24:52 GMT 12
And another of the Volendam not sure of the name of the other ship berthed with her though? Pic taken on 15-01-09, Wellington.  |
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Post by nzompilot on Jan 19, 2009 22:28:49 GMT 12
Also taken at Picton, the blades for the wind turbines that are tto be erected in the vacinity. Massive objects! Close Marcus ... these blades arrive into Picton (Shakespeare Bay) direct from the Netherlands where they are made, unloaded from the cargo ships onto the dock, then shipped individually across Cook Straight to Oteranga Bay for the Makara wind farm. It takes around a week of non stop back and forth across the straight by two barges to move one shipment from Holland. There were 5 or 6 shipments scheduled to arrive from mid December to the end of January. I did get a couple of pics of two of the Dutch vessels if anyone is interested. |
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Post by Kereru on Jan 20, 2009 8:35:15 GMT 12
And another of the Volendam not sure of the name of the other ship berthed with her though? Pic taken on 15-01-09, Wellington. The other ship is the Millenium. Thanks for posting Marcus and nice shots too. |
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Post by Kereru on Feb 23, 2009 16:21:46 GMT 12
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Feb 23, 2009 21:29:03 GMT 12
That's a mighty huge ship.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 24, 2009 16:28:38 GMT 12
Awesome photos Colin!
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Post by nzompilot on Feb 24, 2009 19:10:07 GMT 12
Nice pics of the QM2 Colin I got a lovely shot of a cruise ship docked in Brisbane yesterday off the wing of the NZ A320 as we landed, but unfortunately the camera had a hissy fit and the memory card decide to die meaning I lost all 80 photos from yesterdays flights  |
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