Wednesday 5 March We are up early this morning to see the QE2 arrive for it's last ever port of call in Australia	...you can just see that the camera is going to take a bashing in the next hour or so!
With Laurie's history of cameras and water that's not a smart move....	Doug and Jean are there too
funny looking cruise ship....
	Here she is!
It's a tight fit into Fremantle which is a very small port really.	Maritime Museum on the left
The QE2 moves only six inches for every gallon of diesel that it burns!
wow! click for video & sound	in the background is the container ship that arrived earlier
lots of TV helicopters in the sky	tickets for this farewell voyage, sold out in 35 minutes, over a year before she departed the UK.
It took almost 30 minutes for the ship to make her way through the port with the help of two tug-boats before the massive operation to turn her around and dock her at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal.	now that's a tight fit!
The 293m liner was launched by Queen Elizabeth in 1967 and has crossed the Atlantic about 800 times. It has carried more than 2.5 million passengers.	Docked and about to deposit a couple of thousand people into sleepy Freo...it's going to be busy in town today.
From the Western Australian website Queen sails in for final Freo fling The luxury cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 has arrived in Fremantle to a grand welcome. A school band played jazz music as about 200 people lined Victoria Quay to welcome the 70,327 tonne passenger liner to Fremantle for the last time this morning. As helicopters hovered above and a Water Police vessel led the way, the ship arrived fashionably late at 8.30am to cheers from the crowd. The ship was guided into the harbour by two tug boats in calm seas.	Hundreds of QE2 passengers waved and looked out from viewing platforms as the impressively tall ship turned around to dock in front of the passenger terminal. Just after 9am the ship had smoothly turned around and docked. Some of the people waiting on land held up signs welcoming home family members. A few waved international flags and some stood on chairs to get a good view of the ship arriving. The QE2 is on a farewell world tour and is due to be decommissioned in November. It is destined to become a floating hotel in Dubai.
On the way home the fishing harbour is very quiet...for now...
10 hours later.......

'The Queen' is waiting to depart Australia for the very last time	the crowds have gathered....
	the band's playing....
	the last ferry has arrived.....
a flying tribute	...and like any lady....she keeps us waiting....
..and waiting
...and just as the sun is setting the QE2 leaves Freo and Australia for the last time.	The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 as she is commonly known was the flagship of the Cunard Line for over 30 years. QE2 made her maiden voyage in 1969 and is one of the last great Transatlantic liners. At 70,327 tons and 963 feet long with a top speed of 32.5 knots she is also one of the largest and fastest passenger vessels afloat.
	a flotilla of small ships follow
...as she sails into the sunset
click..click...click.... (but the photos are quite good!)	going...going...
gone... ...next port Singapore	On the way home Freo is lighting up..