Titanic Beach

... ages there we got nagged to move on to go look at a shipwreck called the Maheno. It was the biggest ship before the titanic apparently. Was pretty cool to wander around. We drove up the coast again after to find our beach camping spot with the other ...

... our car, it was going to be the maiden voyage on Fraser and both Emily and myself were worried with thoughts of the Titanic! I drove first and after 6 months of not driving a car it was fantastic, thoughout the trip everyday we swapped so that everyone ...

... other's laps as we tried to sit down. So funny. There was a Japanese guy who was having a fantastic time! He filmed the Titanic-esque rocking boat on his phone while being thrown to the floor and wetting himself laughing and we told him to put the film ...

... ;s overrated. After Eli we continued down the beach until we reached the Maheno wreck, once the second biggest cruise liner after Titanic, now a twisted hunk of rusting metal embedded in the sand. Again, the abundance of tourists (this was Easter weekend, ...

... and its the QUEEN MARY. it was an ocean liner that was converted to hotel and museum, guess what? it is TWICE the size of the Titanic.. if you are brave enough and doesn't have a butterfly on their stomach, i suggest this ocean liner... ...

... though.  Dad then picked us up with Mike for lunch.  After that, we headed over to see the Queen Mary, which is a Titanic lookin ship that is now a sort of museum and hotel permanently docked at Long Beach.  It was actually pretty cool, we ...

... which was a cruise ship built in 1936 during the Great Depression.  Two companies built her – Whitestar (which built the Titanic) and Cunard who are still around today and operate the QE2 and Queen Mary 2.  This ship has importance in our ...

Today, after the boys schooled(and Collin got some scootering in), Kelly took them to the Queen Mary.(sister ship to the Titanic) It is actually twice the size of the Titanic and was the fastest marine vessel of its' time. It still holds the record for ...

... the wreck of the early-1900's luxury liner "Moheno," the top parts of which stuck out of the sand eerily like a rusty Titanic. Dinner was a barbeque (Craig cooked me some fish), and afterwards I hung out with Sofia and 4 "blokey" guys from Brisbane ...

... a cargo ship from townsville to cairns in 1908,on its 99th voyage from cairns to townsville it sunk in 1911 a year before the titanic! There are no stories about how it went down cos there were no survivors,150 odd people died most of them were ...

... said things like "one two three yar" and it made us all feel like we were real boat people. And the boat tipped, like Titanic angles tipped, to one side when we were sailing. Apparently when sailing there's always a high side and a low side, where all ...

... to the harbour to begin our three day trip aboard the Solway Lass. It is a tallship which was built in 1902, before the Titanic. There were seven staff and thirty three passengers. The first night was really quiet and most people were in bed by ten. ...

... out, I will tell that one as well. On the first night I met with the full crew, there was a party at Titanic, just down the beach. Ostensibly a 'reggae' party, but, as Sheephead commented, "I've heard more reggae played at a ku klux klan rally. . " ...

... Beach port is the 3rd busiest port in the world. They saw sea lions, cargo ships and the Queen Mary.(sister ship to the Titanic) This evening we headed to Hollywood. Kelly called an acting school to see if I could audit their class. I was a little ...

... driver told us and our Japanese companions all about the beaches and different rock formations.  There was one called the Camel, one called Titanic and ice burg and one also called 'the mans fruit' as he so aptly put it!  All this while he ate ...

... to make a swim for the US, just a few kilometres away. On the way back we went past the sites where Titanic, Pearl Harbour, James Bond and some Disney movies were filmed. The border crossing was tedious, especially after the bus driver tried to ...

... was like "Sara! He does not speak English, don't worry." He kept saying "More worse, more worse." Then he started saying "Titanic," which did not help at all. After my primary concern of death subsided, my new primary concern became not barfing into the ...

... There are talks tomorrow to go for a hike and then to the beach to surf - probably wasnt the best movie to watch as was watching Titanic just before we went on a P&O ship on the watersports trip.  Saturday was a busy day for us, I had planned to ...