QE2

[Joseph Coulter]

OK I couldn't sleep so I was banging around on the computer went to Google
maps and Sydney harbour and what do I see there at the Cicular Quay but the
QE2. Or is it?

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[Jack Hamilton]

Joseph Coulter <seeLOO...@comcast.net> wrote:

>OK I couldn't sleep so I was banging around on the computer went to Google
>maps and Sydney harbour and what do I see there at the Cicular Quay but the
>QE2. Or is it?

Yes, it is. In Google Earth, you can see the call sign, GBTT.

The QE2 and the Queen Victoria are now near Tasmania, according to
<http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/cruiseships.phtml>. Well, as of
yesterday.

Is there a site that shows where ships have been in the past, so that
you could find all the dates the QE2 had been in Sydney? A few days
ago, and a year ago, according to the Cunard web site, but what about
other times and other ships?

[Gettamulla Tupya]

That dates the image to at least 2 years ago. If it was last year's visit of the QE2 to Sydney, the Queen Mary 2 could be found
tied up a mile or so east of QE2 at the Navy base.

It wasn't the 2005 visit, because it was overcast then (I have pictures of the QE2 I took 9th Feb 2005 showing the cloud).

So my guess is that the Google Earth images date to February 2006.

[Oz]

The satellite image is February 2007. QE2 had an overnight stay, while
Queen Mary 2 left the same day. If you scroll the map over to Darling
Harbour (West), there are 2 more cruise ships berthed.
These are Van Gogh tied up at Wharf 8, and Silver Wind tied up at
Darling Harbour 3

QE2 would have been close to Tasmania, but Queen Victoria is a long
way away having left Brisbane and is now heading towards Malaysia.

Cheers

[Joseph Coulter]

Oz <n...@y.hoseB> wrote in
news:lffis396fdk4oprom...@4ax.com:

>
>
> The satellite image is February 2007. QE2 had an overnight stay, while
> Queen Mary 2 left the same day. If you scroll the map over to Darling
> Harbour (West), there are 2 more cruise ships berthed.
> These are Van Gogh tied up at Wharf 8, and Silver Wind tied up at
> Darling Harbour 3
>

Thank you. I thought it was pretty recent as these images tend to be
updated. Identifying the ship wasone of those I thought sos as I did see
the call sign (but confess to not knowing that) butthe length and shape and
arrangement of the rear decks along along with the orange stack made it a
pretty sure bet.