Guest Guest66881 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Fremantle has been identified as one of the world's cruising hotspots of the future, with passenger growth expected to add more than $30 million to the local economy over the next two years. Leading cruise line Princess Cruises yesterday launched an expanded service from Fremantle over the next two years - including a full year of cruises in 2015-16 - in a move described by the line's vice-president (Australia and New Zealand) Stuart Allison as recognition of the untapped potential of the WA market. According to the Cruise Line Industry Association, 833,348 Australians went on a cruise last year - the equivalent of about 3.6 per cent of the population. But in WA, the participation rate was only 2.7 per cent (67,501 passengers). "That's why see we so much potential for growth in the WA market," Mr Allison said aboard the 2000-guest superliner Sea Princess in Fremantle yesterday. "We strongly believe cruising is about to surge in WA. "Australia's record passenger numbers in 2013 cap off a decade featuring a staggering annual growth rate of 20 per cent. "Clearly, Australian holidaymakers love cruising and we think that WA is part of the future growth story for the industry." Princess Cruises has based a ship in Fremantle every winter since 2008 and will expand its presence to 12 months next year, including its first summer season of roundtrip cruises from WA. The move will more than triple the number of cruise passengers sailing from WA and inject more than $30 million in to the local economy.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Love freo we do, so varied and busy yet friendly and so much to see and do, great place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 What's to cruise around near Freo though? MH370? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Cruising is a massive growth industry. Freo is one of many ports anticipating high growth. In fact the Sea Princess was in port yesterday and previous day. Hardly weather for sightseeing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 What's to cruise around near Freo though? MH370? Usually around Australia, part of a world voyage or in the case of former Athena and present Astor, they use it as a home port for trips down to Albany, to Adelaide or up to Bali stopping off at Broome and possibly Geraldton en route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Cruising around Australia doesant sound too bad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 What's to cruise around near Freo though? MH370? Shark bait drum lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 i'd rather cruise round the pacific islands this side :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yeah over to Vanuatu and onward to Hawaii would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yeah over to Vanuatu and onward to Hawaii would be awesome. Cook Islands and Fiji wouldn't be bad stops either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Cook Islands and Fiji wouldn't be bad stops either Looks like anywhere so long as it is not near Freo then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Looks like anywhere so long as it is not near Freo then! There's so much WA/Perth bashing on here I thought I would give it a go for a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Bit sad it's now moved into outside CTF threads too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Personally for me it doesn't get better than driving through Freo every morning at 7.45 as I take my little one to school and we see the ships lining up to dock, be it the massive container ships or the cruise ships, it gives me such a great feeling, makes me feel very lucky and makes my day, every single day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hey, nothing wrong with Freo, its an an ace place, love spending time there. It's got it all. a lovely cafe strip, shopping, street entertainers, markets, pubs, nightclubs, beaches, live music. so what if people want to cruise in their cars, just the same as puerto banus in Spain and loads of other places. it makes it. The place has a charm, its unlike anywhere else in Perth . Go Freo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chall77 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Always so much WA bashing! Seems such a shame I am migrating to Freo in a few weeks and my stuff is getting shipped tomorrow..... Maybe I'll cancel my visa and not be surfing the Cott and Margaret River..... Sacasm intended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Usually around Australia, part of a world voyage or in the case of former Athena and present Astor, they use it as a home port for trips down to Albany, to Adelaide or up to Bali stopping off at Broome and possibly Geraldton en route. In my time in WA, there was a cruise/cargo ship from Freeo to Derby to Singers and back, "MV Centaur", that was in the 60s. http://bob.plord.net/Ships/MS-4/GreatBritain/Centaur.html Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 In my time in WA, there was a cruise/cargo ship from Freeo to Derby to Singers and back, "MV Centaur", that was in the 60s. http://bob.plord.net/Ships/MS-4/GreatBritain/Centaur.html Cheers, Bobj. I knew the Centaur very well. An old Bluey. (Blue Funnel Line) Boarded her in Penang once when a family member used to do the trip regularly. The vessel was still plying that route until well in the late seventies before being taken over by Chinese concerns if memory serves me right. Fremantle had some cheap options in days past to cruise/fly UK on the Singapore company PIL, Kota Bali was one and not forgetting the Soviet vessels that done the same thing. Besides that berths could be had on the State Shipping Service K vessels, Kangaroo, Koolama and Kalbarri. Think the D vessels were only cargo. Sadly options far more limited these days. At the same time Fremantle Port was receiving the migrant vessels of UK, Italian and Greek registration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Always so much WA bashing! Seems such a shame I am migrating to Freo in a few weeks and my stuff is getting shipped tomorrow..... Maybe I'll cancel my visa and not be surfing the Cott and Margaret River..... Sacasm intended! I don't detect that. What I do detect in everyday life is that locals are increasingly bringing up issues of concern though, brought about by very rapid changes brought on by the so called mining boom, that are of concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Personally for me it doesn't get better than driving through Freo every morning at 7.45 as I take my little one to school and we see the ships lining up to dock, be it the massive container ships or the cruise ships, it gives me such a great feeling, makes me feel very lucky and makes my day, every single day! Although the docks are a shadow of former times. I agree great to see the large car carriers that dominate city side of harbour and the sheep carriers and container vessels on the other. I do detect less shipping than last year though which suggests a downturn is building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 i'd rather cruise round the pacific islands this side :wink: Astor leaving Freo in March to cruise to London via Indian ocean Islands over to South Africa, up the West African coast stopping in many rarely visited counties, through The Suez to Portugal and on to France would be a great trip for those with the time. Personally prefer smaller vessels to large floating cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt Down Under Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We cruised out of Freo a year or so back. Freo is a beaut place, and we will go back there. Met up with some friends from back in Wales there, and had a nice meal down on Fishermans Wharf. Stayed at a lovely apartment close to the cruise terminal, and an easy walk to the town. The cruise was the widest one we have been on, with people getting put off at every port we stopped at between Freo and Singapore for infringing the ships rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I knew the Centaur very well. An old Bluey. (Blue Funnel Line) Boarded her in Penang once when a family member used to do the trip regularly. The vessel was still plying that route until well in the late seventies before being taken over by Chinese concerns if memory serves me right. Fremantle had some cheap options in days past to cruise/fly UK on the Singapore company PIL, Kota Bali was one and not forgetting the Soviet vessels that done the same thing. Besides that berths could be had on the State Shipping Service K vessels, Kangaroo, Koolama and Kalbarri. Think the D vessels were only cargo. Sadly options far more limited these days. At the same time Fremantle Port was receiving the migrant vessels of UK, Italian and Greek registration. Aah, the good old State Ships, flat bottomed so they could sit on the sand at the old Broome jetty. Have 'scratched the Kabbarli's bum'... Every time a State Ship docked at Wyndham, the "wharfies" would go on strike so the ship would be in port for the weekend and the "wharfies" would get penalty rates...Good memories, mate. Thank you. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Just remembered...The state Ships docking times were always advertised on ABC radio (no tv in those days in the backblocks of WA) and the announcers always addressed the Kabbarli as cubberly. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I knew the Centaur very well. An old Bluey. (Blue Funnel Line) Boarded her in Penang once when a family member used to do the trip regularly. The vessel was still plying that route until well in the late seventies before being taken over by Chinese concerns if memory serves me right. Fremantle had some cheap options in days past to cruise/fly UK on the Singapore company PIL, Kota Bali was one and not forgetting the Soviet vessels that done the same thing. Besides that berths could be had on the State Shipping Service K vessels, Kangaroo, Koolama and Kalbarri. Think the D vessels were only cargo. Sadly options far more limited these days. At the same time Fremantle Port was receiving the migrant vessels of UK, Italian and Greek registration. Gee! do you and Bobj remember the Ark too:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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