P&O Holi-scopes 2022
New Year 2022, New You!
Introducing P&O Holi-scopes 2022.
What do the stars have in store for you this year?
Check My P&O Holi-scopeAussie Cruising with P&O
At P&O, we truly believe that there’s no place quite like home.
We have a range of local cruises designed to show off some of the incredible places available to explore, right here in our own backyard.
For the next few weeks, we are going to shine the spotlight on some of our favourite P&O Aussie cruising destinations and experiences.
Cairns and Great Barrier Reef
Cairns is the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas, and the beautiful Daintree Rainforest.
Bounded by the Coral Sea on one side and rainforest hinterland on the other, Cairns promises experiences in the unparalleled beauty of Australian nature, both on land and at sea.
Not to be missed is a visit to the Great Barrier Reef, one of our own World Heritage listed sites and the largest living thing on earth. Book a P&O Shore Tour and board a high-speed catamaran to explore coral gardens, brightly-coloured tropical fish, molluscs, reef sharks, dolphins, and turtles. Swim or snorkel, or if you are feeling adventurous try at scuba diving.
P&O cruises to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef all year round. Join the 7-night Barrier Reef Discovery cruise from Brisbane or the 10-night cruise from Sydney.
Eden and Sapphire Coast
Indulge in the finest cuisine the Sapphire Coast has to offer on our Sapphire Coast Food Festival Cruise. Spend the day in magnificent Twofold Bay in Eden and sample hand-picked local delicacies, seafood, and artisanal dairy produce from the finest chefs, all in a laid back market environment.
To finish off your day, book a P&O Shore Tour and visit Longstocking Brewery, where ales, lagers and ciders with unique and distinctive flavours are served. For the more adventurous, there are kayaking experiences and Ben Boyd National Park walking tours around Eden or perhaps sample the world renowned Pambula Lake Sydney Rock oyster on an oversized oyster punt and have a go at shucking your own.
The next Sapphire Coast Food Festival Cruise is scheduled to depart from Sydney on 11 November 2022. Book early and come hungry:)
P&O @ Home – Chai Ice Cream with Saffron Oranges
Think about ice cream with strong notes of black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, and star anise. Whole spices that you toast yourself are best for this ice cream, but ground ones will work as well. Serve with zesty saffron oranges for a taste sensation.
P&O @ Home – Raspberry and Coconut Cream Parfait
Raspberry and coconut cream parfait topped with warm chocolate sauce and chopped pistachios – yum! Get in my belly!
Spiced Chocolate & Walnut Cake with Candied Orange
This spiced chocolate cake is truly something special, made with toasted walnuts, vanilla, cinnamon, sweet potato and dark chocolate. Serve warm with powdered sugar and candied orange slices.
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Warm Apple, Raisin & Custard Strudel
A deliciously crisp, flaky puff pastry loaded with apples, rum-soaked raisins, cinnamon and custard. Serve warm and add a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Mudslide
A mouth-watering mix of Irish Cream, Malibu, chocolate sauce and full cream. Try not to go back for seconds…
Pink Ginger Cosmopolitan
A beautiful pink cosmopolitan cocktail with hints of ginger spice. Impress your family and friends with this delicious treat.
Mystery Island, Vanuatu
Get stuck on a desert island on purpose.
Mystery Island is a tiny, uninhabited islet in Vanuatu’s Tafea Province, in the South Pacific. Only reachable by cruise ship, it's too special to not visit.
Take a P&O Shore Tour and choose from glass bottom kayak and snorkelling tours, with snorkelling gear available for hire or purchase onboard. For the culturally inclined, book our Modern Village Tour and spend the day learning how the local Aneityum families live. Plus, there is some local shopping to enjoy. Choose from an array of local handicrafts, sarongs, woven hats & floral shirts. You'll be sure to find a special keepsake to take home.
Visit Mystery Island on Discover Vanuatu or select Pacific Island Hopper itineraries departing from Sydney, Brisbane or Adelaide. The 12-night Fiji Adventure cruise from Sydney or the 10-night Bounty Adventure cruise departing Auckland also call at Mystery Island.
Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 'great' in every single way. You can swim, snorkel, dive and cruise this living phenomenon. One of the world's seven natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef is World Heritage listed and rich with intricate coral gardens, tropical fish, molluscs, reef sharks, dolphins and turtles.
P&O shore tours allow guests to experience this amazing and unforgettable area. Board a high-speed catamaran, then get up close & personal with the reef, swimming, snorkelling or scuba diving.
You can take a P&O shore tour and visit the Great Barrier Reef from either Airlie Beach, Cairns or Port Douglas. Check out the 7-night Barrier Reef Discovery cruise from Brisbane or a 10-night cruise from Sydney. Additionally, from Brisbane, take a P&O Short Break to Airlie Beach.
Vanuatu Volleyball Team
First they won the hearts of their South Pacific nation when they narrowly missed out on selection for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Then they triumphed in 2018 on the Gold Coast becoming the first Vanuatu athletes to win a Commonwealth Games team medal.
Now the Vanuatu Women’s Beach Volleyball team are battling for selection to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
And you, our Cruiselings, have supported the team through the guest funded P&O Pacific Partnership, with additional direct assistance from P&O Cruises Australia.
As International travel is no longer routine in a pandemic world, the Vanuatu players have faced every obstacle imaginable to get to the Continental Cup Final in Thailand in June that will decide whether they make it to Tokyo.
If courage, resilience and determination were the deciding factors, the team would already have earned ‘gold!’
Cruiselings, when you support the Vanuatu Women’s Beach Volleyball team you are also supporting the aspirations of a nation that are so special to our P&O Cruises' community. We wish them luck and send thanks to you.
See Press ReleaseGiving Hands Vanuatu
Your valued contributions to the P&O Pacific Partnership continue to make a difference to our friends in the South Pacific. In Vanuatu, we've been able to commit $21,000 to the Giving Hands Vanuatu fundraising campaign which has helped to repair a leaking corridor roof adjoining Vila Central Hospital's maternity unit and children's ward.
This area has suffered flooding in recent years and had been in dire need of attention, with its restoration helping to ensure newborns get the best possible start in life, in the best possible environment.
New mothers like Maximiliene Bihu Taviri and baby Ashton who was born earlier this year, are just one family of many who have already benefitted from the restoration works, all thanks to support from you, Cruiselings.
We look forward to when P&O can visit Vanuatu again and we sincerely thank you for your unrivalled community support and kindness for the people that live there.
P&O Find-A-Word
Halloween Find-A-Word
How many of the hidden words can you find in our frightfully fun Halloween Find-A- Word? There are 37 words to hunt down to keep everyone busy while eagerly awaiting October 31 to rear its spooky head.
Download P&O Find-A-WordSuduko
Sudoku, a highly addictive number puzzle game, that Cruiselings have been known to enjoy onboard. Download, complete then check it against the finished puzzle. Good luck!
