Cruises
This extraordinary cruise on holy waters is stranger than fiction
Namaste to come what may – this passage to India is full of quirk, surprise and rare insight.
- Julietta Jameson
- ★★★★ ½
- Ship reviews
Our verdict on the world’s newest luxury ship
We join Oceania Allura’s maiden voyage from Italy to Greece, and check out everything from the stateroom to the specialty restaurants.
- Trudi Jenkins
Where ocean meets soul: A new era of ultra-luxury ocean travel
Explora Journeys has created a new category of luxury travel, with two ships that redefine the ocean experience.
More bad news for cruising as Disney pulls out of Australia
Disney will launch its biggest ship yet in Singapore later this year. Meanwhile, the big cruise lines are reducing capacity in Australian waters.
- Brian Johnston
The colourful city that feels like stepping into a Wes Anderson film
With its cinematic streetscapes and vivid cultural life, this city is peak “accidentally Wes Anderson”.
- Julietta Jameson
Is this the most indulgent dining at sea? Here’s our verdict
It promises “the finest cuisine at sea” but does Oceania Cruises’ brand new ship deliver?
- Trudi Jenkins
- Opinion
- Savvy traveller
Meltdowns and stares: Five things I learnt taking kids on a luxury ship
Things are going well until my daughter starts slamming her head into the dining table and wailing at high volume.
- Chrissie McClatchie
- Opinion
- Air travel
A question at airport security left me outraged
Someone said to me recently, “You know you’re getting old when the security guy asks you if you’ve got any hip or knee replacements before you go through the scanner.”
- Lee Tulloch
Around-the-world cruising enters an epic new era
If you can splash the cash, you have a choice of truly spectacular journeys – and the added enticement of avoiding housework for up to a year.
- Brian Johnston
‘I thought the sun had fallen’: What a nuclear bomb survivor taught me
Seiichiro Mise witnessed the moment an atomic bomb was dropped in Japan. Eighty years later, traumatic memories still remain.
- Kerry van der Jagt