Linda nor me either. I hear you loud and clear, same age had my 11th in Naples on the way out. Love ❤ Sydney, watched it grow as did I, like to say, I am a proud Australian 🇦🇺 by choice.

@@blacksorrento4719 Same here I couldn't be more proud to be an Aussie 🇦🇺

awesome! I've been under it on ferries many times, it is something special isn't it! I'm curious though, where did your ship dock back then? I thought the docking locations on the west of the bridge were new & back then everything docked at circular quay, never realised there were docking points on the west in years gone by, really curious where they were & why I haven't heard of them

@@mehere8038 To be honest as an 11 year old I can't remember . I just remember we got on buses that took us to our imigrant hostel. I do remember our ship The Orion hit the dock lol making sure they knew we were there. I 5hink it may have been over near Darling harbour. They have plaques up on a wall there that say the so and so family landed here and the date they arrived. You can pay and have a plaque with your family details on it put on the wall. So pretty sure it was there.

@@lindagaga72 ah ok, interesting & I guess, given you were just being bused off to another location, it didn't really matter about being centrally located to the city or anything. I think that was an industrial area back then wasn't it? Pretty sure they had lots of chemicals & stuff they had to clean up when they wanted to make Darling Harbour into the people friendly area it is today. I didn't think passenger ships would have been going into an area like that, but I don't think they treated the "10 pound poms" very well did they! Was only marginally about slavery or convict transportation in the way you were treated from what I've heard, so I guess they didn't really care where they landed you. Do you know if there were any higher paying passengers on board though? Seems weird they would have landed them in a location like that & what/who did they put on those ships for the journey back to England? I doubt you know, given your age at the time, but may as well ask in case, cause this is really interesting to learn about. I have a neighbour who was a "10 pound pom" & I learnt quite a bit about it from him after having my interest stoked watching the movie about the Easy Beets (who went through that system & movie showed where they initially lived etc. I had no idea on any of it before that)

I just did that over New years on the Anthem of the seas. It was quite awesome!

Did that as well last June. And sailing past the Statue of Liberty as well. Fantastic sail away (and return).

I disagree, only because I get sad returning after a cruise, knowing it has ended.

@@annmillar1481 My feelings exactly!

I do too, and so much more convenient to get to if using public transport. Many of the newer ships are too large to fit under the bridge and cannot dock at White Bay.

Now, that would be spectacular

We left in Ovation of the Seas on Dec 23rd! On deck for sail away then had dinner at Solarium (watched passing out of the heads) ❤

But it will be on the wrong side coming back.

Sailing out of Sydney, the view the other side (Port side) as the ship turns, is fabulous for photos….Bridge & Opera House view. Manly Ferry always on the side with that view -stunning.

Technically Tony will be on the correct side but maybe 4 to 5am & no views 😢

@@anniemon It's beautiful to see the city in the morning light, especially in summer. You are right, there are no bad views in Sydney.