ROYAL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA

The Cunard line called on US health-spa specialist Canyon Ranch to design its “holistic” onboard spa, part of a royal makeover aboard Queen Elizabeth. The 2,081-passenger ship is sailing a record 54 days in Australian waters, until the end of March, and features several Australian partnerships. Bellboys are dressed by RM Williams and Akubra, the Australian Dance Theatre performs, and there’s the guest appearance of a 225-litre barrel of Starward whisky, named The Seafarer and distilled in Melbourne, which has spent the past year maturing on the open deck of Queen Elizabeth. The ship’s Mareel spa (pictured) features sound therapy in treatment rooms, and a meditation room with vibrating loungers, “binaural brain-wave music” and “hypnagogic meditative visuals”. cunardline.com.au