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The Queen of the Harbour does not Float
“None shall pass!” The largest liners must now stay in Sydney Harbour’s eastern region. Happy birthday, Sydney Harbour bridge By Roderick Eime She’s 80 years old and all of Sydney is celebrating. Honestly, I don’t know if bridges have a gender at all, much less female, but the Germans think bridges are girls, so I’ll […]
Cloud Cruising. Will airships make a return to the skies?
The boutique-sized “Manned Cloud” The Graf Zeppelin in 1927 The massive Aeroscraft flying cruise ship The massive Aeroscraft flying cruise ship Air Cruising: 21st Century Flying Ships By Roderick Eime With more and more attention focussed on our lust for fossil fuels, exciting innovations have allowed us to revisit some early 20th Century technology – […]
Cloud Cruising. Will airships make a return to the skies?
The boutique-sized “Manned Cloud” The Graf Zeppelin in 1927 The massive Aeroscraft flying cruise ship The massive Aeroscraft flying cruise ship Air Cruising: 21st Century Flying Ships By Roderick Eime With more and more attention focussed on our lust for fossil fuels, exciting innovations have allowed us to revisit some early 20th Century technology – […]
Massive liner once carried 12,000 Passengers
Imperator at anchor 1913 The massive bronze eagle on the bow Postcard of SS Imperator 1913 Cigarette card showing RMS Berengaria post-1920 Picture of the brand new Imperator in 1913 By Roderick Eime Even as the band aboard RMS Titanic struck up their final rendition of “Nearer, My God, to Thee”, the finishing touches of […]
Air Cruising: 21st Century Flying Ships
The boutique-sized “Manned Cloud” will reintroduce the art of ‘slow travel’ By Roderick Eime With more and more attention focused on our lust for fossil fuels, exciting innovations have allowed us to revisit some early 20th Century technology – the mighty airship. The Graf Zeppelin in 1927 While the disastrous Hindenberg explosion of 1937 effectively […]
Air Cruising: 21st Century Flying Ships
The boutique-sized “Manned Cloud” will reintroduce the art of ‘slow travel’ By Roderick Eime With more and more attention focused on our lust for fossil fuels, exciting innovations have allowed us to revisit some early 20th Century technology – the mighty airship. The Graf Zeppelin in 1927 While the disastrous Hindenberg explosion of 1937 effectively […]
Catalina Island: 26 Miles Across the Sea
by Roderick Eime, editor of Adventure Cruise Guide“Twenty-six miles across the sea Santa Catalina is a-waitin’ for me Santa Catalina, the island of romance A tropical heaven out in the ocean”When the Four Preps famous song hit the charts in 1958, no-one thought to actually check the measurement. It was just a song after all. […]
Catalina Island: 26 Miles Across the Sea
by Roderick Eime, editor of Adventure Cruise Guide“Twenty-six miles across the sea Santa Catalina is a-waitin’ for me Santa Catalina, the island of romance A tropical heaven out in the ocean”When the Four Preps famous song hit the charts in 1958, no-one thought to actually check the measurement. It was just a song after all. […]
122 Passengers and Crew Vanish Without Trace
SS Yongala, luxurious and modern, yet doomed to a watery grave. by Roderick Eime in Townsville Ceremonial flowers were cast onto the water while dignitaries and relatives made speeches last week during the centenary service for one of Australia’s most famous maritime tragedies, the SS Yongala On the evening of 23 March 1911, one of […]
122 Passengers and Crew Vanish Without Trace
SS Yongala, luxurious and modern, yet doomed to a watery grave. by Roderick Eime in Townsville Ceremonial flowers were cast onto the water while dignitaries and relatives made speeches last week during the centenary service for one of Australia’s most famous maritime tragedies, the SS Yongala On the evening of 23 March 1911, one of […]
