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Last night the annual Cruise Down Under conference in Newcastle, NSW was officially opened by local Lord Mayor John Tate. The venue for the welcome cocktail party was the brand new Museum of Newcastle, which was touted as providing a new shore excursion option for cruise ship visitors. Built at a cost of more than $23 million, the facility showcases Newcastle’s industrial history - but there’s a lot more too including a space-age Supernova science display similar to Canberra’s popular Questacon. Tate made his speech in the atrium of the Supernova display, which is dominated by a gigantic scale model of the world suspended high above visitors. As can be seen in the picture here, guests hung back but he beckoned them forward, saying “it won’t fall down. “I know, because it cost $600,000 to make sure it won’t,” he quipped. Last night the annual Cruise Down Under conference in Newcastle, NSW was officially opened by local Lord Mayor John Tate. The venue for the welcome cocktail party was the brand new Museum of Newcastle, which was touted as providing a new shore excursion option for cruise ship visitors. Built at a cost of more than $23 million, the facility showcases Newcastle’s industrial history - but there’s a lot more too including a space-age Supernova science display similar to Canberra’s popular Questacon. Tate made his speech in the atrium of the Supernova display, which is dominated by a gigantic scale model of the world suspended high above visitors. As can be seen in the picture here, guests hung back but he beckoned them forward, saying “it won’t fall down. “I know, because it cost $600,000 to make sure it won’t,” he quipped. What beautiful memories. A British couple who wed onboard P&O’s Arcadia have been left with some rather abstract avant garde memories of their big day, after the vessel’s photographer, according to the bride, turned out to be a chef. Of their wedding snaps, particular favourites now include ones with the bride’s head cut off, (see pic), pictures of empty seats, photos of the ship’s carpet and a blurry shot of the couple with the captain signing the registry. P&O has since apologised to the pair, blaming stranded crew for the debacle, and refunding them £4,500.
What beautiful memories. A British couple who wed onboard P&O’s Arcadia have been left with some rather abstract avant garde memories of their big day, after the vessel’s photographer, according to the bride, turned out to be a chef. Of their wedding snaps, particular favourites now include ones with the bride’s head cut off, (see pic), pictures of empty seats, photos of the ship’s carpet and a blurry shot of the couple with the captain signing the registry. P&O has since apologised to the pair, blaming stranded crew for the debacle, and refunding them £4,500. The scourge of the seven seas, on land. Captain Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl has been created in car format by a crew of four tourists travelling through Europe. The Black Pearl, manned by three passengers and one driver dressed in pirate outfits, was spotted and apprehended by police in Brunnthal, Germany. Pearl additions to the car included full wooden cladding, a wheelhouse, galley and mast, which were given the all clear by the police after the pirates presented them with a road safety certificate for all modifications. “We wished them a safe voyage and allowed them to continue on their way,” a police spokesperson said. The scourge of the seven seas, on land. Captain Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl has been created in car format by a crew of four tourists travelling through Europe. The Black Pearl, manned by three passengers and one driver dressed in pirate outfits, was spotted and apprehended by police in Brunnthal, Germany. Pearl additions to the car included full wooden cladding, a wheelhouse, galley and mast, which were given the all clear by the police after the pirates presented them with a road safety certificate for all modifications. “We wished them a safe voyage and allowed them to continue on their way,” a police spokesperson said.
LOOK twice before you get off your flight for your cruise. Southwest Airlines has released photos ofthe hundreds of thousands of possessions left onboard its aircraft annually. And it’s not just hats and coats, with the airline confirming it picks up thousands of expensive watches and electrical devices like Kindle e-readers (pictured) after landing. LOOK twice before you get off your flight for your cruise. Southwest Airlines has released photos ofthe hundreds of thousands of possessions left onboard its aircraft annually. And it’s not just hats and coats, with the airline confirming it picks up thousands of expensive watches and electrical devices like Kindle e-readers (pictured) after landing. NEW cruise art craze? A US art student, Joel Brochu, has possibly started a new fad in the art world, by making headlines for his fine art project which payed homage to pointillism (painting with small distinct dots) and the post-impressionist painter Georges-Pierre Seurat. The project, a picture of a beagle having a bath, was created with painstaking precision over an eight month period, using 221,184 candy sprinkles. The picture used six colours of sprinkles placed individually on a four by one and a half foot board covered with double sided tape and glue. Probably not for the shorter cruises, sprinkle art could take off on full world voyages...
NEW cruise art craze? A US art student, Joel Brochu, has possibly started a new fad in the art world, by making headlines for his fine art project which payed homage to pointillism (painting with small distinct dots) and the post-impressionist painter Georges-Pierre Seurat. The project, a picture of a beagle having a bath, was created with painstaking precision over an eight month period, using 221,184 candy sprinkles. The picture used six colours of sprinkles placed individually on a four by one and a half foot board covered with double sided tape and glue. Probably not for the shorter cruises, sprinkle art could take off on full world voyages...
70,000 tons of metal and some pretty maids. Cruisers will be beside themselves with joy to know that the Danish heavy metal band Pretty Maids has confirmed it will join the 70,000 Tons of Metal floating festival onboard Majesty of the Seas in Jan 2012. Pretty Maids will join 29 other delightfully named bands including Grave Digger, My Dying Bride, Dark Funeral, Suffocation, Pestilence and Cannibal Corpse. “Make no mistake, 70,000 Tons of Metal is not your grandma’s cruise,” said the cruise’s organisers. Heavy metal fans are pictured (R) at last year’s cruise. 70,000 tons of metal and some pretty maids. Cruisers will be beside themselves with joy to know that the Danish heavy metal band Pretty Maids has confirmed it will join the 70,000 Tons of Metal floating festival onboard Majesty of the Seas in Jan 2012. Pretty Maids will join 29 other delightfully named bands including Grave Digger, My Dying Bride, Dark Funeral, Suffocation, Pestilence and Cannibal Corpse. “Make no mistake, 70,000 Tons of Metal is not your grandma’s cruise,” said the cruise’s organisers. Heavy metal fans are pictured (R) at last year’s cruise. IT’S a fish, no it’s a person, no it’s a...mermaid. If you happen to be staring down into the ocean from onboard your next cruise and spot a fish shaped person, you may in fact be looking at the women’s longboard champion, Mischa Davis. Davis fessed up to media earlier this month that when she is not hitting the surf on her board, she is swimming in the ocean in her custom-made mermaid outfit. The suit is out of wetsuit material complete with free diving fins. ‘’Watching surfing from underneath the water gives you a whole new understanding and appreciation of waves,” Davis said. “It also helps e hold my breath when surfing in big sets because I can pretend I’m a mermaid wearing my fin,” she added.
   
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