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About Cruise Collection
CRUISE COLLECTION (a Division of Travel Connect Pty. Ltd.) represents all Cruise Lines and specializes in providing quality all-inclusive cruise holidays to unique and exotic destinations. Our award-winning SILVERSEA Fly/Cruise programme and our Antarctic Adventure Tour on HANSEATIC have been operating successfully for over 10 years making us a leader in the field of Luxury Cruising.
CRUISE COLLECTION can also book any cruising holiday worldwide on all major Cruise Lines with access to the best possible rates. Our staff have personally travelled on most of the world’s major cruise lines and would be delighted to talk to you about any cruising holiday.
CRUISE COLLECTION are a SILVERSEA agent with direct access to their booking system, enabling us to provide instant confirmation of the suite of your choice on any Cruise. We have also been the only Australian Agent representing Hapag Lloyd with our annual Antarctic Adventure Tour on HANSEATIC as well as unique Arctic and Amazon Tours.
We would like to introduce you to our Key Staff: :
General Manager, Lyn Adrian, has over 35 years experience in the Retail Travel Industry including 12 years as Managing Director of her own chain of travel offices. In addition to her years in Travel Agency management she was previously a Commissioner for the Northern Territory Tourist Commission, Federal Director of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents, and Cruise Industry Consultant to the N.T. Government. She has extensive experience as a Travel Journalist and Lecturer on Cruise Ships and has travelled on all major Cruise Lines including 10 cruises to Antarctica on the Hanseatic and over 300 days on Silversea as a Tour Host.
Cruise Specialist Kay Wheaton joined us 10 years ago and is a Master Cruise Consultant. Due to her extensive knowledge of all cruise products she has been finalist for the past two years for the “Cruise Consultant of the Year” awarded by the International Cruise Council of Australia. She has also hosted more than 12 tours for Cruise Collection to Alaska, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe as well as annual groups on the QE2 and QM2 Line Voyages.
Gudrun Tamandl also has over 30 years experience in the Travel Industry in both Australia and Europe. For several years she has Hosted our annual Silversea Fly/Cruise Holidays to Dubai, India and Asia as well as hosting our Antarctic Adventure on Hanseatic in 2007 where her German language skills were particularly helpful. Gudrun has specialized in cruising for many years and is also an accredited Cruise Consultant.
CRUISE COLLECTION can also book any cruising holiday worldwide on all major Cruise Lines with access to the best possible rates. Our staff have personally travelled on most of the world’s major cruise lines and would be delighted to talk to you about any cruising holiday.
CRUISE COLLECTION are a SILVERSEA agent with direct access to their booking system, enabling us to provide instant confirmation of the suite of your choice on any Cruise. We have also been the only Australian Agent representing Hapag Lloyd with our annual Antarctic Adventure Tour on HANSEATIC as well as unique Arctic and Amazon Tours.
We would like to introduce you to our Key Staff: :
Lyn Adrian
General Manager, Lyn Adrian, has over 35 years experience in the Retail Travel Industry including 12 years as Managing Director of her own chain of travel offices. In addition to her years in Travel Agency management she was previously a Commissioner for the Northern Territory Tourist Commission, Federal Director of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents, and Cruise Industry Consultant to the N.T. Government. She has extensive experience as a Travel Journalist and Lecturer on Cruise Ships and has travelled on all major Cruise Lines including 10 cruises to Antarctica on the Hanseatic and over 300 days on Silversea as a Tour Host.
Kay Wheaton
Cruise Specialist Kay Wheaton joined us 10 years ago and is a Master Cruise Consultant. Due to her extensive knowledge of all cruise products she has been finalist for the past two years for the “Cruise Consultant of the Year” awarded by the International Cruise Council of Australia. She has also hosted more than 12 tours for Cruise Collection to Alaska, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe as well as annual groups on the QE2 and QM2 Line Voyages.
Gudrun Tamandl
Gudrun Tamandl also has over 30 years experience in the Travel Industry in both Australia and Europe. For several years she has Hosted our annual Silversea Fly/Cruise Holidays to Dubai, India and Asia as well as hosting our Antarctic Adventure on Hanseatic in 2007 where her German language skills were particularly helpful. Gudrun has specialized in cruising for many years and is also an accredited Cruise Consultant. Our Administrative Specialist Jayne Beard assists with bookings and administration including our popular newsletters and mail outs.
We operate on a national basis from Adelaide using a Free Call number and the internet. We send out regular mailings on our products and our website is constantly updated.
We also have many international clients that join our fly/cruise holidays at point of embarkation and are able to provide fares in US Dollars for any of our Fly/Cruise holidays.
Cruise Collection is unique in its field in Australia, with an unequalled knowledge of Luxury Cruising.

