Is there a passenger boat that goes to Norfolk Island?

Question

Or do you have to fly there?

Answer 1

From a web search:

http://www.norfolkisland.com.au/

http://www.norfolk.gov.nf/

http://www.discovernorfolkisland.com/ says
"Getting To Norfolk By Sea
There are infrequent cruise ships and sailing vessels traveling to Norfolk Island. A freight shipping line leaves from New Zealand and Australia and takes between 2 and 5 days to get to Norfolk."

so it looks like you can, maybe get there by sea.........look at the links above for the shipping line that services Norfolk.....

James Mischner wrote a few dozen books in his time. His first, "Tales of the South Pacific" was by far his best ..it tells of the desperate days in early 1942, when the Australian Army was in North Africa, fighting Rommel, and the American garrison in the Philippines and the British garrison in Singapore had surrendered; all that stood between the Japanese and the conquest of Australia and New Zealand was a hastily thrown together force of 15,000 Yanks, Aussies and Kiwis, a four star General named MacArthur, and a small fleet of ships lead by a carrier named Enterprise....
what does this have to do with Norfolk Island? With Australia in danger of being outflanked by the JAps to the North, suddenly Norfolk Island became crucial to being able to keep air routes open to Samoa and Fiji and eventually America. Mischner wrote , in Tales of the South Pacific, a haunting and evocative story of the young engineer on Norfolk, faced with the decision to cut down the majestic forest of 150 year old trees for an emergency airstrip.......if you don't know the story, or just how close the Japanese came to taking Australia, read Mischner....

Answer 2

Getting To Norfolk Island

Answer 3

I live in the far S of NZ and I'd like to visit Norfolk Is. If you get any sensible answers, please contact me. I can't afford the airfare.