JOURNEY FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON
APRIL 1954
ON BOARD THE P&O "ORSOVA"
APRIL 1954
ON BOARD THE P&O "ORSOVA"
OUTWARD BOUND
SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - ADELAIDE -
FREMANTLE - COLOMBO - NAPLES -
ADEN - SUEZ CANAL - MARSEILLES -
LONDON
"Equipped with seasick tablets, clothing, games for the boys, and lots of tears, we left the Pier in Sydney with a few relatives to see us off. I wasn't looking forward to the long sea voyage. Six weeks of mostly the high seas. There were a few stops to look forward to, while the boys and I got our sea legs. We were very disappointed when we went below......"
Journal of both outward and homeward bound journeys, available here (pdf, 36kb)
SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - ADELAIDE -
FREMANTLE - COLOMBO - NAPLES -
ADEN - SUEZ CANAL - MARSEILLES -
LONDON
"Equipped with seasick tablets, clothing, games for the boys, and lots of tears, we left the Pier in Sydney with a few relatives to see us off. I wasn't looking forward to the long sea voyage. Six weeks of mostly the high seas. There were a few stops to look forward to, while the boys and I got our sea legs. We were very disappointed when we went below......"
Journal of both outward and homeward bound journeys, available here (pdf, 36kb)
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