Two Queens in Sydney
Apart from being Caroline's birthday, yesterday was also a big event on the Harbour as the new Queen Mary II arrived at dawn. It is apparently the 'biggest moving object' ever to have arrived in Australia and was only here for one day, leaving again at 11.30pm.

In the meantime, the QEII also arrived in the evening, which was the first meeting of these 2 liners since the first versions were here in 1941, transporting troops off to the Middle East.

Sue and I went down to the Harbour yesterday to see the QMII, which was docked at Garden Island, the only place it would 'fit'. We walked around from the Opera House and down to Woolloomooloo Wharf to get a good look, although the 'riff raff' weren't allowed too close. Still, it attracted a big crowd and it was a BIG boat!

I also took a couple of hours off today to go and see the QEII, since Sue was doing some voluntary help in the canteen at the girl's school. The liner was docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, where most liners are moored when they stay here. You can get up close to the ship from a viewing platform and, despite this being half the size of the QMII, it was still impressively huge and didn't look as old as 35+ years.

There are more photos of the 2 liners here.