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Coral Expeditions’ flagship to resume sailing after 10 monthsCoral Expeditions’ flagship to resume sailing after 10 months

Coral Expeditions will operate a New Year programme of sailings from January with its flagship Coral Adventurer, which will have been tied up at the company’s homeport of Cairns for 10 months.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

December 23, 2020

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As reported here, on October 14 the 35-year-old company embarked on its first programme of cruises since the COVID-19 lockdown — a series of seven-night return trips around the Great Barrier Reef operated by the 72-passenger Coral Discoverer.

Tasmanian programme

As also reported here, Coral Discoverer will operate a Tasmanian programme, starting with a 16-night circumnavigation of the island from Hobart on January 1.

Large tract of Australia

The 120-passenger Coral Adventurer, launched in April last year, will visit rarely explored corners of South Australia, the Great Australian Bight and coral reefs and islands of Western Australia and Queensland.

Commercial director Jeff Gillies said Coral Adventurer will cover a large tract of the continent between Cairns, Brisbane, Adelaide and Fremantle.

Gillies said as with the company's other domestic itineraries, passengers will be drawn from the Australian market and the numbers capped at under 100.

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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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