A cruise ship has docked in Sydney Harbour for the first time in more than two years, after a ban imposed in 2020 sparked by a mass Covid-19 outbreak was lifted.
On a bright morning, the Pacific Explorer made a dramatic entrance, flanked by tugboats spraying plumes of water and with a large banner that read "We're home" draped across her bow.
Crowds gathered at the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to watch the arrival of the ship, which began its 18,000-kilometre voyage back to Australia nearly a month ago.
International cruise ships were banned from Australian waters in March 2020 after a Covid-19 outbreak that spread from the Ruby Princess ship, which was linked to hundreds of cases of the virus and 28 deaths.