Some photos from behind the scenes.
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The ship's bridge. |
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One of the ship's quartermasters. |
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The view from the port bridge wing. |
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Some of the bridge control displays. |


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Of professional interest to me, the ship's deviation card. |
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The alarm centre housed in presumably what would have been the chart room before the change to electronic charts. |
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Captain Van der Loo and me. |
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The engine control room. |


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The ship's laundry. |
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The tailor shop. All the officers' and crew's uniforms are made on board. |
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The PO's messroom. |
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The Executive chef in the ship's galley. |
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Provisions bound for the casual dining galley. |
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The alcohol store room. |
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One of my regular bar stewards and me. |
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The very functional working alleyway. |
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A crew cabin alleyway. |
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Plans showing the rabbit warren that is the crew accommodation. |
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The bridge and deck officers' accommodation. |
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Oosterdam arriving in Melbourne on the next cruise on 27th Feb 2013. |