Southern Compass – Hobart, Broome & Darwin

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 29 nights from Brisbane on March 18, 2026, visiting Newcastle, Sydney and Hobart, with additional stops along the Australia & New Zealand. The itinerary clusters several port calls together. Fast-paced for a few days, then the sea days hit and you can catch your breath. Big cities, reef snorkelling, and New Zealand's green mountains. Genuinely varied. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Crown Princess has 13 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. A March departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. 29 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.