before anyone asks, I dont mean in a little row boat; I mean on a cruise liner?
bec

What you want to know Bec... That i think you're mad and the cost will cripple you!!! I'm not lookin forward to the flight but i'd rather spend 20 hrs in the air than 6weeks on a bloody ship!!! PUKE!! I looked into it for 1 day... then went to therapy and got drugs!
S-j x

Are you planning to "stop off" at places along the way and make a big holiday/trip of it all then?

Em x

You can go on cargo ships on either east or west route (they have nice accomodation for such passengers, but still very expensive as we looked into it). Don't think there are any specific cruise liners that do the whole trip - think you would have to book a series of seperate cruises.

Why would anyone do this?

Are you not a great flyer then?

Em x

I believe there is at least one cruise line that does it - I remember seeing it advertised. I think it left Oz in Jan - not sure about the other way around and I can't remember how much it cost. So, not a very useful answer

Here you are - 5 Jan @ around £5K

http://www.pocruises.com/Australasia...9-Summary.aspx

P&O, next departs 05 January 2009. 48 nights from £5,052.00 per person.

Southampton to Sydney for you Bec. Hope thats it now, end of!!

S-j xx

Snap!

erm, I'm not the greatest of flyers, as I was once on a plane with a suspected bomob on board. we had to evacuate the plane, but the shoots had not had chance to inflate, so people were injured especially as some stupid idiots thought it was more improtant to get their duty free before getting off the plane, which incidently smashed on the floor as people hurtled down the shoot:curse::curse:
although I have flown many times since then, but I was just considering other options. looking at the prices though; I think its a different matter
bec

Dont forget the cruise is child free IE no children allowed.

I've done this cruise 5 times, and it's heaven to cruise round to Brisbane.

No jet lag, relax for weeks, cruise the Panama Canal, shopping in SanFransico, Honolulu, Fiji, adjust slowly, and great entertainment thrown in too.

There are many people who choose to travel in this way, and after flying out to Brisbane in May, to validate our visa's I refuse to do it with kids again, so it's Oriana or Aurora for us next time too, remember though Arcadia doesn't allow kids on board.

good luck

Shame-it was cheaper to cruise than fly in the 70's & kids allowed-my parents and I (age 3) went back & forth twice on a ship called the Galileo and we were def not loaded and yet now £5k each

lol lol lol lol lol

my kids were torture on the flights, and they charged me for the privelage.. lol