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Coral Expeditions extends its Australia-wide sailings

Coral Expeditions, the Cairns-based company that was given the green light to resume sailing in Australia last October, is poised to restart operations in Western Australia.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

February 25, 2021

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With all permissions and protocols in place, including its SailSAFE health and safety management plan developed in partnership with Respond Global, the company initially operated seven-night round voyages from Cairns to the Great Barrier Reef, carrying 72 passengers aboard the yacht-like Coral Discoverer.

In late December, the company relocated its cruise programme to Tasmania and then to South Australia.

45 departures from Western Australia

Coral Adventurer is currently en route from Adelaide to Fremantle and on March 10 she will sail from Fremantle to Broome, via the Abrolhos Islands, Ningaloo and Shark Bay, the Muiron and Montebello islands and the Dampier Archipelago.

Coral Expeditions’ return to Western Australia, where it has operated continuously for the past 25 years, will involve more than 45 departures with passenger numbers expected to exceed 4,000.

Maiden voyage

The company’s new 120-passenger Coral Geographer will sail from Cairns on March 31 on her maiden voyage — a 19-night ‘Across the Top of Australia’ expedition exploring remote regions of Western Australia.

Coral Geographer will join her sister ship Coral Adventurer and Coral Discoverer for the company’s 25th Kimberley season from March until October.  

Magnificent coastline

‘Our sailing schedule celebrates the vast magnificence of Australia’s coastal shores and we are privileged to be able to take guests on adventures to places that simply cannot be accessed by road, rail or even air,’ Commercial Director Jeff Gillies said.

 

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About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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