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Welcome to Fremantle Cruisers
In recent years there has been an upsurge in the amount of cruise lines basing cruises from Fremantle into South East Asia. West Australians and other eastern sea-borders and now flocking to Fremantle as the jumping off point to Asian cruise destinations such as Bali, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Phuket, Langkawi, Koh Samui and others further afield such as Bangkok, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as cruises that circumnavigate Australia and the Indian Ocean.
The convenience of being able to depart from Fremantle for many West Australians has ensured these cruises are very popular, however like us we found it very hard to get information about:
- The ships
- What it is like doing a cruise
- Embarkation/Disembarkation Procedures
- What will our cabin be like
This website is for 15,000 people each year who commence cruises from Fremantle, many doing a cruise for the first time. Like us they will have hundred of questions about their cruise which so many people look forward to for such a long time. The excitement as the sailing day approaches only increases the anticipation and desire for more information and this website is for those to want to share and participate in the forums.
We hope you will find many answers here and if not please leave a question on the forums. There are many who has made this journey before you and as cruisers are a happy bunch of fun loving people we are sure you will have an answer within a very short period.
What's New!
Cruise on the Queen Mary 2
16th May 2011
We are excited to announce we are doing another cruise to Fremantle. This time on the Queen Mary 2 departing in January 2012 from Capetown in South Africa, visiting Durban and Mauritius on the way back. We are not looking forward to the long flight, however will be breaking the journey for 5 days at Mauritius on the way over.
We staying with friends who have business interests in South Africa. They will also be returning to Fremantle with us and have booked a "Queen Suite." It will be exciting to get lots of photos of another ship visiting Fremantle on a regular basis and much more material for this site.
More Cruising News
14th May 2011
We are once again getting excited about another 25 days of rest, relaxation and pleasure. Just under a month before our next cruise on the Sun Princess departing on the 18th June. We hope it rains before then our farm is very dry, only 300mm of rain since October 2009, the driest year ever. It seems to be raining everywhere except on our place.
Sun Princess Fuel Lighter causes Rail Bridge Damage
3rd May 2011
When calling at Fremantle for the start of the 2011 cruise season from Fremantle, the 1500 tone bunker ship that normally re-fuels the Sun Princess while leaving its berth near the Fremantle Railway Bridge, strong currents caught the tender and cause it to hit a pylon on the Fremantle Rail Bridge. Some damage was also caused to the 25kv Electrical power supply to the trains.
As a consequence all trains to Fremantle were halted while repairs to the overhead power and survey of the bridge pylon took place causing commuter chaos for two days.
Freocruisers Crew are Sailing Again!
1st October 2010
We have booked another 25 day cruise around Asia on the Sun Princess in June next year. In addition to ourselves our daughter and her partner are also booked as well as another couple from Melbourne. As usual we are happily anticipating the sailing date and will also collect a great deal more information on the Ports of Call for posting here as we will be travelling independently in all ports.
Fremantle Cruisers is now on Facebook
1st August 2010
A new Facebook group for Fremantle Cruisers has been setup. If you are already a member of Facebook. There is no need to register on this group and your comments, photos, videos and stories are welcome.
To access the site click here
Disclaimer
Fremantle Cruisers provides this information from publically available sources, material provided onboard the Sun Princess and from personal experiences of the Webmasters. The material provided is for informational purpose only and you should verify this information from other sources before acting on it. We cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the information and you accept this as a condition of using the site.
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