 "Young Endeavour" left Australian waters for the first time in 1990, when she sailed to New Zealand for celebrations of the sesquicentennial of the Treaty of Waitangi's signing and the opening of the 1990 Commonwealth Games.During 1992, the ship circumnavigated the world and participated in 500th anniversary celebrations of Christopher Columbus' round-the-world voyage.In 1995, "Young Endeavour" circumnavigated Australia, and visited Indonesia for the nation's 50th anniversary of independence.