I found a little clip about the Pacific Princess stopping by in today's newspaper, so worked my way to Outer Harbor to catch it leaving.

I have memories of visiting the same area many years ago when the QE2 was in town & it was possible to walk right up to it in the dock. Those days are long gone & getting to a position for a decent photo is now impossible unless you hold a ticket to sail.



However, I spotted someone disappearing down a small dirt path & thought there may be a good vantage point somewhere on the nearby shore... which there was, along with dozens of others who had picked out their viewing areas. The exact area is in this nice little webcam which shows viewing platform in the lower right (used primarily by fisherman today!).

Eventually a big black cloud ventured from the Princess before it drifted out of the dock & then gained impressive speed for something so large. It then powered by directly in front of me with passengers waving & yelling, & everyone on the shore returned the favour regardless of whether we knew anyone on board or not!



I once worked for a boating operation to Kangaroo Island & tried to get a job with a shipping company (without success obviously) a few years ago. They really are a glorified hotel on water, so it wouldn't be a big change to what I'm doing now, except everything is tax free & you get to see the world! That should explain my fascination with cruise ships!



After her backside added more distance between itself & the Kingdom, I headed home through Port Adelaide & the old Wool Stores which I will return to when I have time to photograph before they get knocked down.