Abagibeli abajabulela ukunethezeka kwenye yemikhumbi emisha kakhulu emhlabeni baphoqeleke ukuthi bawele itiyela eligcwele amanzi etheminali yokusanhlamvu namhlanje ekuseni njengoba iNdlovukazi yaseCunard uVictoria imisa eBrisbane.
Omunye umgibeli owayemangele wabuza umthwebuli wezithombe owayelindile: “Ubani ozongikhokhela izicathulo zami?”
Abagibeli beNdlovukazi uVictoria bajwayele indawo ezungezile enezinkanyezi ezinhlanu. Amakhabethe angcono kakhulu abiza kufika ku-$5400 ubusuku ngabunye. Okushibhile kungu-$810.
UBetty noJohn Martin babephakathi kwalabo abanesibindi samanzi afika emaqakaleni endaweni yokusanhlamvu.
Umbhangqwana waseNtshonalanga Australia uthe indawo yokufika kaBrisbane ingase ibe ngcono.
“Uma bezoba nemikhumbi emikhulu lapha ngaso sonke isikhathi badinga ukuthola indawo engcono,” kusho uNkk Martin. (Namhlanje ebusuku, abanye abashayeli abebeshayele e-Luggage Point beyobuka umkhumbi usuka nabo bebenethemba lendawo engcono ngemuva kokuthi izimoto zabo zingene odakeni).
Njengabahambi abaningi besimanje, i-QV yinde kakhulu ukuthi ingangena ngaphansi kwe-Gateway Bridge, ngakho-ke abahambi bekufanele behlele etendeni ngaphambi kokuthatha uhambo lwemizuzu engama-30 ngebhasi oluya edolobheni laseBrisbane.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seCarnival Australia, u-Ann Sherry, sithe uma iBrisbane izozuza ngokugcwele ekukhuleni okukhulayo kwezohambo ngesikebhe esinye isikhumulo kufanele kwakhiwe ngasohlangothini lweBay eGateway Bridge.
Kakade iVietnam kanye namanye amachweba ase-Asia ayesakha izindawo zokugcina ezintsha emzamweni wokwandisa isibalo semikhumbi evakashela amachweba awo.
Namuhla, njengoba abagibeli be-Oriana behla e-Hamilton beya endaweni yesimanje, labo abaseNdlovukazini uVictoria babingelelwa ngemibono yezisele zokusanhlamvu kanye nechweba elimatasa.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seQueensland Tourism Industry Council, uDaniel Gschwind, sithe lolu hambo wumcimbi wokubukisa eBrisbane naseQueensland futhi kuningi okumele kwenziwe ukuze kubonakale kangcono.
“Kufanele sibe ngochwepheshe kuzo zonke izici zemboni yezokuvakasha,” kusho uMnu Gschwind.
"IPortside iyindawo enhle kodwa iqiniso ukuthi eminye imikhumbi ngeke ilingane."
“Uma singenazo izinsiza ezifanele, ezesikhashana noma ngenye indlela, khona-ke iBrisbane izosala ngaphandle ukuhlela.”
UNksz Sherry uhlele ukusebenzisa isidlo sasemini se-VIP noNdunankulu u-Anna Bligh kanye noNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uPaul Lucas ukuze baxoxe ngezinsiza zemikhumbi yokuhamba ngezinyawo.
Angathanda ukubona inhloso entsha eyakhiwe eFishermans Island noma esizeni esixhumene nosimende osebenzela ngaphesheya komfula.
“Izinga lalokhu esikwenzayo selingene kuHulumeni,” kusho uNksz Sherry.
I-Queen Victoria ime namhlanje esikhungweni samabhokisi e-Fisherman Islands ngasemfuleni iBrisbane, cishe amakhilomitha angama-20 ukusuka enkabeni yedolobha.
Igumbi lokulala linikeze ukubuka okungaphansi kobuhle ezihambelini ze-liner ezingaphezu kuka-2000, ezihamba ngokunethezeka ngetiyetha enezihlalo ezingu-830, i-conservatory enophahla lwengilazi oluhlehliswayo kanye ne-ballroom enkulu.
Kwavulwa indawo entsha yomkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-Hamilton, e-Brisbane's inner-north, ngo-2006, iphelele ngezitolo nezindawo zokudlela.
Kodwa iNdlovukazi uVictoria - engamathani angu-90,000 nezitezi ezingu-20 ukuphakama - ayikwazanga ukungena ngaphansi kweGateway Bridge ukuze imise lapho.
Abaphathi bemikhumbi baseCunard bangabaza ukuthi isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Hamilton sikuphi, bathi sakhiwe ohlangothini olungalungile lwebhuloho ukuze sizuzise emikhunjini emikhulu.
UNdunankulu u-Anna Bligh uthe abasebenzisa lesi sikhumulo banqume indawo yaso ngesisekelo sokukwazi ukuhweba ngaleso sikhathi.
"Manje sinezinombolo eziningi kakhulu zemikhumbi emikhulu kakhulu futhi yinto okumele ihlanganiswe esikhathini esizayo," uNkz Bligh etshela izintatheli eBrisbane namuhla.
“Sinendawo esezingeni lomhlaba, ngeshwa akuwona wonke umkhumbi wabo bonke osayizi ongafinyelela kuyo, kodwa yinto ebona imikhumbi njalo futhi isazoqhubeka nangokuzayo.”
UNksz Bligh uthe akukho okukhombisa ukuthi izinkampani zemikhumbi sezicabanga ukugwema iBrisbane ngenxa yezindawo ezingafanele.
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