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THE Cruise Weekly team celebrated 400 years since Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog landed on the west coast of Australia at Shark Bay with a crunch - thanks to Holland America Line.

HAL commemorated the event with a delivery of delicious spiced cookies ( pictured) to the CW office (64 Talavera Rd, Macquarie Park, NSW), noting the cruise line’s rich Dutch heritage.

MEANWHILE, Crystal Cruises is enlisting extreme runner Dane Rauschenberg to run a full marathon on board Crystal Serenity’s 06 Dec Mind, Body & Spirit themed cruise.

He will complete approximately 96 laps around the 360-degree Promenade Deck, becoming be the first to run a marathon at sea.