Gilded Bass Strait – Hobart & Melbourne

About this cruise

9 nights, 4 ports, all from Brisbane on April 16, 2026. The route visits Sydney, Hobart, Port Arthur and Melbourne and the whole thing just flows. You wind up in Sydney, so it's worth planning a night or two there. Port days and sea days take turns, which is about as well-paced as a cruise itinerary gets. Big cities, reef snorkelling, and New Zealand's green mountains. Genuinely varied. You get around 11 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, There are 13 restaurants on Crown Princess, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 9 nights. An April departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.