P&O Australia's ship Pacific Aria arrived in Newcastle NSW at around 8 am on Friday, January 25, ahead of Australia Day weekend.
The 1260-passenger ship is the 5th largest cruiser scheduled to arrive in 2019 season. Pacific Aria departed Newcastle at around 6 PM on Friday, bound for Sydney NSW on Saturday, January 26, prior to arriving in Brisbane on January 28.
The largest cruise ship, the 4029-passenger Explorer of the Seas, is scheduled to arrive in Newcastle port on February 10 and again the next month, on February 16.
Pacific Aria follows Celebrity Solstice, which arrived in the port on January 5.