CUNARD’S flagship Queen Mary 2 took some time to reflect in Sydney Harbour recently, marking 80 years since her trailblazing predecessor Queen Mary visited the city’s waters (pictured inset). The original Queen Mary was in Sydney due to far more austere circumstances, ferrying Australia’s military forces to the Middle East...
CUNARD’S flagship Queen Mary 2 took some time to reflect in Sydney Harbour recently, marking 80 years since her trailblazing predecessor Queen Mary visited the city’s waters (pictured inset).
The original Queen Mary was in Sydney due to far more austere circumstances, ferrying Australia’s military forces to the Middle East during World War 2.
She was even painted in a wartime grey coating, a far cry from Cunard’s distinctive red and white livery that demarcates its fleet today.
But it wasn’t all about looking back at the past, with Queen Mary 2 in the country to visit a range of additional local destinations, after calls in Asia were cancelled due to travel restrictions and port closures caused by COVID-19.
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