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Cruises

Disney’s newest and biggest ship, Disney Adventure.

Record-breaking new $2.5 billion Disney ship launches in our region

Disney may have exited Australia waters, but the cruise line’s newest, biggest ship yet is ready to set sail in Asia.

  • Craig Platt
Seabourn Venture at Booth islands, Antarctica.

This cruise ship just broke an Antarctic record. It won’t be the last

Antarctica is the ultimate expedition destination for many cruisers, and the race is on to push further into the White Continent.

  • Brian Johnston
Celestyal Discovery in Abu Dhabi

Six ships are stranded. The Gulf war could impact your next cruise too

Cruise-goers are stranded on ships in Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai. But even if you’re cruising elsewhere in the next few weeks, expect rough seas.

  • Brian Johnston
Kagoshima, viewed from Shiroyama Observatory.

Port guide: Kagoshima, Japan

Japan’s southernmost big city is relaxed and easy-going, but has one almighty sight that might make you leap in alarm. Prepare for a smoking hot encounter.

  • Brian Johnston
Star Princess underway.

Bigger, bolder and still affordable. The new star of the seas

Elegant and stylish, but always approachable and comfortable: that’s Princess Cruises in a nutshell. It’s not a “hip and sexy” cruise line, nor is it trying to be.

  • Kristie Kellahan
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Eisbachwelle, or the “Eisbach wave” in Munich.

The world’s most unlikely surf break has suddenly vanished

The Eisbach Wave, one of Munich’s most offbeat attractions, suddenly disappeared late last year. But its once turbulent waters could well serve as a metaphor.

  • Anthony Dennis
Into the Zodiac to explore Dambimangari Country and the Horizontal Falls.

The clever French invention opening up Australia’s wildest coast

Want to poke around among the mangroves at high tide? Want to get a spray from a Kimberley waterfall? The Zodiac will get you there.

  • Jim Darby
Colourful harbourside homes dominate the barren landscape.

The most British place on Earth is almost 13,000km from Britain

As I sit down to a breakfast of black pudding and a pot of English breakfast tea, paid for in British pounds, the contrast with my last destination is shocking.

  • Craig Tansley
The pool deck of Luminara, the newest ship in the luxury Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection.

The verdict on luxury hotel brand’s new ship (or should that be yacht?)

If ever there was a ship – sorry yacht – designed to appease cruise-sceptics, or even cruise-despisers, Luminara is it.

  • Anthony Dennis
The cruise ship Norwegian Dawn passes along the spectacular coastline and peaks of Cape Town., South Africa.

The world’s 10 greatest cities to visit by ship (plus five to avoid)

Get the absolute best out of the world’s 10 greatest ports, and note five far-flung ones that are best skipped.

  • Brian Johnston