Cunard Ocean Liner Queen Mary 2 at Circular Quay March 2026

The Cunard Line Flagship Queen Mary 2 looks very impressive moored at Circular Quay. It was interesting to look at her up close at the Overseas Passenger Terminal which is a great place to view ships. The first thing I noticed is the shape of her hull, the elegant curve starts almost midships to to the bow, this streamlined shape is designed to slice through waves and heavy seas at speed on the North Atlantic and the vast Pacific Ocean. She is capable of travelling at 30 knots. The Promenade Deck is much higher off the water than normal Cruise Ships. This is designed to protect the tenders, life boats from being damaged from large seas in the North Atlantic. She has just sailed across the vast Pacific Ocean from San Francisco To Sydney. The Pacific Ocean also has large seas and heavy swells and is a much larger Ocean than the Atlantic Ocean. The design of Queen Mary 2 would also handle the Pacific swell very well much like the now retired Ocean Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 and the great P&O Ocean Liners from the past Oriana and Canberra. Queen Mary 2 would depart Circular Quay at 1am to anchor at Athol Bay in Sydney Harbour. This is the same Bay that the Original Liners Queen Mary (1936) and Queen Elizabeth (1940) anchored during the Second World War to take troops from Australia and New Zealand to Europe. #cunard #oceanliner #queenmary2 #qm2 #shorts .