Name: Wilma Johnson (nee Lennie)
Email: wilmastirlingj@aol.com on Friday, June 11, 2004 at 15:04:29
From: Glasgow,Scotland
Home: Brisbane. Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: May 1955

Comments: Seeing the old ship brought back some wonderful memories. Obviously we were very lucky to have been housed on "C" deck. My brother and I each had a single cabin with two windows.  My parents had a double cabin just nearby. Would love to hear from anyone who may have travelled to Australia on the same voyage.

Name: Jean
Email: agh@justinternet.com.au on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 18:43:03
From: Glasgow
Home: Bundaberg Qld
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1960/1 Last Voyage

Comments: Any passenger lists for last voyage?

Name: Michael C F White
Email: caledonianmike@yahoo.com on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 23:20:32
From: Scotland
Home: L.A.California
Ship: Oronsay
Dates:

Comments: During WWII my Dad served on board the Oronsay and I am researching the ship - I havent had much luck so far.

Name: Ann Banks
Email: graeme1@iprimus.com.au on Friday, June 18, 2004 at 02:16:10
From: England
Home: Perth W A
Ship: Strathmore
Dates: 26 September 1961

Comments: Great site it brought back a lot of wonderful memories.

Name: C. Fear
Email: christopher.fear@zoom.co.uk on Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 01:47:52
From: England
Home: England
Ship: Chusan & Arcadia
Dates: Between 1962 & 1967

Name: Stephen Graham for George Milne (Aberdeen)
Email: stephen.graham4@ntlworld.com on Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 06:18:53
From: Aberdeen
Home: UK
Ship: Strathallan
Dates: 1938

Comments: Read with interest the diary of John Leslie, engineer on Strathallan. My father in law, George Milne (Aberdeen) also worked at Barrow as Strathallan was built and then, like John Leslie, he joined P&O in 1938 (as an electrical engineer). He sailed on Strathallan until it was torpedoed. He retired from P&O in 1974. We would be interested to hear from Mrs Leslie. P.S. footage of the launch of Strathallan can be seen on British Pathe website.

Name: Judi Claringbold
Email: judi.claringbold@cleanaway.com.au on Monday, June 21, 2004 at 22:12:10
From: United Kingdom
Home: Australia
Ship: SS Ranchi
Dates: 1948? 1949?

Comments: I came out to Australia as a migrant in I think 1948 and was potty trained on the SS Ranchi.

Name: Ray Wines
Email: ray_wines@cabot-corp.com on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 14:31:38
From: London England
Home: Melbourne Australia
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: Dec.1957,Jan. 1958

Comments: As an 8 year old child emmigrated from England with my parents, a memorable adventure for an 8 year old !

Name: Edward Rypkema
Email: earypkema@dccnet.com on Saturday, June 26, 2004 at 16:58:22
From: Netherlands
Home: Vancouver, Canada
Ship: Chusan
Dates: April,1965

Comments: Singapore to Vancouver via Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama and Hawaii.

Name: Collett
From: England
Home: Australia
Ship: Orsova
Dates: March 7th 1962

Name: Paul Horne
Email: horne.paul@ukonline.co.uk on Sunday, July 4, 2004 at 05:31:02
From: Hanwell, London
Home: travelling in England
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: January & February 1958

Comments: I was talking with a life member of my Adelaide rugby club and we discovered he came to Adelaide on the Strathnaver (in 1960)

Name: Wendy Atkins
Email: woofra6@hotmail.com on Monday, July 5, 2004 at 20:57:41
From: UK
Home: Esperance W.A
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: Jan 1959

Comments: Sailed from Tilbury Jan 1959 via the usual Aden, Port Said, Colombo, Fremantle, Melbourne and arrived in Sydney on February 13th 1959. At one point in the journey we stopped in the middle of the night to pick up some stowaways ex-Sydney ...I think from the Iberia...they were transferred from boat to boat...my family does not believe me...can anyone confirm this please. Would like to hear from anyone who was on that particular cruise. (mainly migrants) We settled in Strathfield Sydney and then three years or so later our family moved to the North Shore at St.Ives. I defected to the West in 1969 living in Kalgoorlie for some years and now live in Esperance W.A. Love your website - brought back a flood of memories - some very poignant. I would like to hear from anyone aged about 13 in 1959.

Name: Valerie Lyttle
Email: aquario@shaw.ca on Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 10:10:21
From: Victoria, Canada
Home: Vancouver, Canada
Ship: Orcades, Arcadia
Dates: November 1963, January 1964

Comments: Doubt new superliners (except QE2) could survive the storm that little Orcades sailed through that November in the Pacific.

Name: Carole Wilson
Email: ausjanwil@bigpond.com on Friday, July 16, 2004 at 23:18:37
From: Devon
Home: Perth WA
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: dep 4/7/57 arr Melb 5/8/57

Comments: I travelled as a 12yo on the wonderful Strathnaver to a new life here is Oz. Have marvellous memories of the trip, the excitement and fun and the sights and sounds etc. I too remember beef tea and ice cream on deck, and a "glass of lemonade and a packet of crips" in the Smoking Room with Dad after my 'Childrens Sitting' lunch with Mum and my 8 month old brother!! Then having to 'babysit' him while Mum & Dad had lunch, then the same again at dinner. Great times, wonderful nostalgic memories. Great site guys, I'm glad there are so many of us who loved the ships and their stories.

Name: John Shone
Email: jshone@optushome.com.au on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 13:49:38
From: Cheshire UK
Home: Sydney
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1953-1954

Comments: Fantastic find...keep up the great work. I was 5th Engineer on Strathnaver which was sister ship to Strathaird both being the only electrically powered steamships in the fleet. The engine rooms were miniature power stations on these two ships. An adventure of a lifetime which culminated in me jumping ship in Sydney...I am still here after 50 years...who wants to go back!  I have more pictures and menus if anybody is interested.

Name: John Hunt
Email: htsinc@yahoo.com on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 22:08:35
From: Bedford UK
Home: Houston Texas
Ship: Orcades, Arcadia, Nevasa.
Dates: 1971,1975

Comments: Served on board as Electrical Officer. Sad to see the old ships all gone. Happy memories for ever.

Name: Mary Kirby
Email: maryK@bigblue.net.au on Monday, July 19, 2004 at 16:51:15
From: Bradford Yorks
Home: Inala Brisbane
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: Christmas eve 1956- Australia Day 1957

Comments: It was awfully cold when we left Tilbury Docks on Christmas eve day. I was 15yrs old then came to Australia with Mother and Father Nell and Fred Brightwell as well as three brothers Bob, Chris and Stephen and my sister Margaret. We had a wonderful time on the way over. What a great ship, and lots of memories. Fantastic site. Congratulations.

Name: Mr.Walter A. Sims
Email: wallysue@tpg.com.au on Monday, July 19, 2004 at 19:49:43
From: Midhurst Sussex England
Home: Coffs Harbour NSW.Aus
Ship: Strathmore
Dates: March-April 1961

Comments: I came out with a group of lads in the Big Brother Movement. It would be great to make a contact with any of them as I have not done since we parted company at Fairfield Farm. What a great surprise to find this web site, thanks, regads Wally.

Name: Mike Thompson
Email: mikesthompson@hotmail.com on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 15:37:34
From: Crawley Sussex
Home: Crawley Sussex
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1960

Comments: My Dad was a steward on Strathnaver as his first ship, going to Sydney. Later he saw her in the Suez Canal as a hulk heading to Hong Kong to be scrapped while he was waiting to go in to the Med. He shed a few tears for his first ship.

Name: David Mulcock
Email: dmulcock@ecomtel.com.au on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 16:45:25
From: Birmingham UK
Home: Melbourne Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: October to November 1960

Comments: I was 12 yrs old when I sailed on Strathnaver with my Mom, Dad & brother from Tilbury in October 1960 arriving in Melbourne in November after a fabulous 4 weeks during which we plucked a sole survivor from the Red Sea the day after his ship sank during a storm. We put him ashore in Aden (I think) the next day. I know I can't possibly recall everything about that wonderful voyage but I have a number of very happy memories. Even queueing for a stretcher bed on which to sleep on deck when it was just too hot to sleep in our shared 4 berth cabin next to the engine room. My other brother & his wife also sailed in Strathnaver in 1958 (see entry from Brian & Norma on P7 in guest book) though they had a much better cabin. Still wouldn't swap the expereince. Many thanks for the site which I visit for a regular dose of nostalgia.

Name: John  Dunn
Email: doofs9@dodo.com.au on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 21:12:57
From: Southborough, Kent
Home: NSW Central Coast
Ship: SS Stratheden
Dates: Nov 7th, Dec 19th 1961

Comments: Just  brilliant. I am a former  Dr. Barnardo  boy have also  been back on the Northern Star back in April 1972  I love the big ships. This is a wonderful web page. I hope someone out there knows who I am. Great trip out came via suez went back via panama was even better on the Northern Star. Left Sydney April 7 1972 arrived Southampton 15.5.72 I think. I do hope someone reads this.

Name: Bill Davis
Email: carol@billyd.fsworld.co.uk on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 04:36:43
From: London
Home: Swaffham
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1952

Comments: Can't find discharge book, No r574542, so dates not accurate. After a fast trip home, was on the Spithead Review.

Name: Richard Hopper
Email: Hopper@actrix.co.nz) on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 13:27:47
From: India originally
Home: Auckland
Ship: Strathmore
Dates: 1945

Comments: Brilliant site. Sailed as an 8 year old from Bombay to UK. Father was a tea planter. I build large scale models of liners. Have to start from scratch as no plans or onboard photos. Would appreciate any help.

Name: Mike Longhurst
Email: mike1sarca854711@aol.com on friday, July 30, 2004 at 06:14:40
From: Worthing,Sx. England
Home: Worthing,Sx. England
Ship: Strathnaver, Strathmore, Himalaya, Orsova, Orcades, Iberia and Chusan
Dates: 1960-1971

Comments: Joined Strathnaver a young shy 18 year old. Beached myself in '71. To this day cannot understand why. Still look back with great love & affection.

Name: Jackie Mischis (nee Cowell)
Email: mischis@tpg.com.au on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 13:54:40
From: Nelson, Lancashire
Home: Launceston, Tasmania
Ship: SS Ranchi
Dates: June to July 1951

Comments: I was collating all my old photos and reading my autograph book from the Ranchi and thought I would see if there was anything on-line regarding the ship. What a wonderful surprise. My parents and siblings emigrated to Tasmania to find a better life in 1951 when I was 10 years old. Have been back to England many times but have never forgotten that wonderful experience on board ship.

Name: Chris De Vine
Email: celtic07@iprimus.com.au on Monday, August 2, 2004 at 16:56:51
From: Brisbane
Home: Brisbane
Ship: Stratheden
Dates: 1948.

Comments: My parents and two sisters travelled on the "Stratheden" from England to Brisbane in 1948.

Name: Beryl Mary Cross
Email: barrysmeats@ozemail.com.au on Monday, August 2, 2004 at 19:33:44
From: Worthing Sussex
Home: Sydney Australia
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: Sept-Oct 1957

Comments: Interested in hearing from anyone that came out on that voyage that left Tilbury Sept 1957. I was only 13 but have lots of memories of that time we had on board.

Name: Ian Laughlin-Young
Email: laughlinyoung@dodo.com.au on Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 13:35:03
From: Thirroul NSW Australia
Home: Dapto NSW Australia
Ship: Orcades
Dates: 23 July 1964

Comments: Sailed on a Pacific cruise on Orcades 1965 ex Sydney for 14 nights - met my wife Sue (both aged 18) on board and married five years later - have great memories of time spent in the islands and on board ship.  Have cruised often during the last 34 years and always enjoyed the ships and time at sea.  Enjoyed your read very much Matt - thanks.

Name: Paul Bramkamp
Email: bramkamp223@comcast.net on Friday, August 6, 2004 at 12:14:37
From: Northern California
Home: Northern California
Ship: SS Oronsay
Dates: June 1974

Comments: Terrific site and a wonderful way to take another trip through the memory books. Great fondness for the elderly gentleman who taught me chess strategy in the Balmoral Room. Exciting crossing to Southampton - rolling seas on the aft C-deck, hanging on as waves washed the rails. What a wonderful ship - one of the last to actually go somewhere.  Thanks again, Mel.

Name: Keith Shaw
Email: keithoneclair@aol.com on Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 06:44:23
From: London UK
Home: Peterborough UK
Ship: Oronsay
Dates: 1966 ?

Comments: Doing a P&O cruise next year and generally looking for P&O info.  I travelled on a nice Med cruise as a young boy possibly 1966 but definitely on the Oronsay. It looked a bit older style then but nice. Would you believe it I also did a Murray River cruise in 1999 on Proud Mary with my wife this terminated in Murray Bridge prior to Indian Pacific to Perth. Nice site  Keith.

Name: Bill Chaloner
Email: billc@westnet.com.au on Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 13:09:01
From: Sale, Cheshire
Home: Geraldton, West Aust
Ship: Himalaya
Dates: 15.5.57-7.6.57

Comments: Hello Mel, What a lovely site! Brought back many memories of my journey out here. The Suez Canal Crisis was on, and we came via Cape Town. The ship was beautiful and I spent many happy afternoons at whist- drives. Thanks once again for a terrific site ... Bill.

Name: Brenda Hese(nee Mason)
Email: bhese@hotmail.com on Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 21:32:20
From: New Milton, Hampshire UK
Home: Salisbury Park SA
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: 28/3/61 - 27/4/61

Comments: I had my 10th birthday on the 31st March which was also Good Friday. I got a Birthday cake, card, easter egg & the crew sang happy birthday. We didn't do the Cross the Equator ceremony but I was still given a certificate which I still have. When crossing the Great Aust Bight it was very rough & meal times were tricky, I remember looking outside & seeing all ocean one moment, then all sky the next. For memory the dining chairs where attached by chains to the floor and our plates where sliding along the table & you shared your meal with the person next to you. Another thing I remember was bath time. Children were not allowed to have baths alone a parent had to be with them.We had to bathe in salt water & Mum rinsed us off with fresh water at the end. Night times the cabin boys in charge of our area were our baby sitters & kept a close eye on us. Being 10yrs of age it was an exciting adventure. It was a lot of fun with new friends being made. On arrival we stayed at Elder Park Hostel (now the site of the Adelaide Festival Theatre)until we settled into our home at Elizabeth Park. You website brought back so many memories. Thanks for the journey.

Name: Briony Shea
Email: brionys@ozemail.com.au on Sunday, August 8, 2004 at 22:14:57
From: Melbourne, Australia
Home: Melbourne, Australia
Ship: Father, Stratheden
Dates: Dec 1953

Comments: I loved your site.  My father and his family migrated to Australia on the Stratheden from Cairo, Egypt. Could anyone help me with information on the ship, pictures, info on how to obtain a passenger list, anything?????  Thanks heaps. Briony.

Name: Malcolm Fearns
Email: mfearns@bigpond.net.au on Monday, August 9, 2004 at 15:02:03
From: WIndermere England
Home: Sydney Australia
Ship: SS Strathaird
Dates: 24th July 1955

Comments: Fascinating to see so much info on the old ship. I had my 12th bithday four days after leaving Tilbury, enjoyed the voyage (only wish I had been a few years older and I might have enjoyed it more). Don't have much memorabilia of the boat, only an entertainment guide and my crossing of the line ceremony certificate.

Name: Arthur Donachy
Email: adonachy@vtown.com.au on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at 17:29:36
From: Stirlingshire,Scotland
Home: Wollongong, Aust
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: May-June? 1957

Comments: An amazing experience for a 9 year old working class kid. Learned how to play chess and how easy it is to drown in the swimming pool. Did not want to leave the ship.

Name: Carol Logan nee Underwood
Email: nlogan@zeta.org.au on Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 22:48:03
From: Swinderby Lincs
Home: Sydney Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1st April 1957-May 8th

Comments: I travelled from Tilbury to Sydney with my parents and younger sister. It was an amazing trip. I have some clear memories although only 1. We took 5 weeks as there was a Suez canal crisis so we had to come via the Cape. We had a crisis of our own on board as lots of the kids came down with measles. I escaped but my sister did not. It curtailed a lot of sightseeing as my Mother and Sister were confined to ship. I would love to get a passenger list and\or hear from anyone that made the trip at the same time.

Name: Robin Urban
Email: rfpurban@aol.com on Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 08:04:04
From: Adelaide, Australia
Home: Los Angeles, California
Ship: SS Iberia
Dates: February 1965

Comments: My family emigrated from Adelaide Australia to America in 1965, I was 3 years old, the very end of steamship travel. Arrived in America at the port of San Pedro - today everyone arrives at LAX. Memories of passage limited to King Neptune, getting seasick alone in the cabin while my parents were at dinner (the poor steward not very happy) and the horn blowing loudly enough to shock my system. My grandfather and great-grandfather were each involved in South Australian maritime history and each served as Captain and earned Best and Fairest with the Port Adelaide Football Club.  After arriving in America on the SS Iberia at age 3, I went on to graduate from Yale and Harvard Law School and am now a proud member of the California Club.  All made possible, ultimately, by a great ship at the end of a great era.  I still have some souvenirs, including a P&O trunk from the voyage. Salute, and thanks for a great site - and great to connect with our common English, Australian and American heritages, connected by all of us being borne around the world by these great ships!

Name: Sue Bauer nee Laker
Email: suebauer@iprimus.com.au on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 22:02:45
From: Whitstable, Kent, England
Home: Queensland
Ship: SS Strathaird
Dates: Tilbury 31.3.58-Sydney 6.5.58

Comments: Memories - I only wish I could get a passenger list for that trip.  I was only 7 - we were on D deck.  What a wonderful site.  Please - anyone on that voyage please email me.

Name: Tracey Gritton/Malinowski
Email: tmalinowski@auspine.com.au on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 16:22:55
From: Mt Gambier, SA
Home: Mt Gambier, SA
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: 1959?

Comments: Hi, i am trying to find a passenger list, my father & grandparents traveled from London to Port Adelaide when my dad was about 8. any info would be greatly appreciated.

Name: Jacqui Begley
Email: eastersundee@hotmail.com on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 14:10:42
From: Watford, England
Home: South Australia
Ship: S.S Strathaird
Dates: April  54.....May  54

Comments: I'm really interested in a copy of the passenger list for this trip. It was good to see your web site, as we are the original boat people...thankyou.

Name: Ronald Elsdon
Email: ronjudy@elsdonr.freeserve.co.uk on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 08:44:37
From: Poundbury Camp Dorchester
Home: Leeds,Yorkshire
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 23rd April1959

Comments: An inspirational  site Mel. Thankyou! Sailed on the Strathnaver from Singapore..an army family. My father had finished his spell of army service in Kluang, Malaya (armourer in the R.E.M.E.) Sailing on the Strathnaver during what was to be the twilight of the "EMPIRE" was for my parents and their three children a wonderful and unforgetable experience. As a child of eight I took every opportunity to explore the ship right down to the engine room. We were absolutely devastated when we heard the news in 1962 that she was being broken up. Such a proud old lady!I even remember my cabin number...D 349. So pleased we kept absolutely everything from our voyage...from passenger lists, menus, down to items such as landing cards, transit passenger cards, childrens service cards etc.In fact, enough to start up a library!

Name: Gez Ifould
Email: gez.ifould@btinternet.com on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 09:01:22
From: born Mildura, Victoria
Home: Bognor Regis, W Sussex
Ship: SS Orontes
Dates: Feb 1957

Comments: Mum & Dad emigrated to Australia on board SS Mooltan late 1952 (I think).  Mum, Dad my kid brother & I came back to Southampton in the spring of 1957, with my brother having his first birthday on board ship.  I've still got my 'Crossing the Line' certificate & photos of me on board. If there are any passenger lists from either of the above, please email me. Also, where in North Africa did the SS Mooltan dock, as my parents had a VERY strange thing happen to them there...!

Name: Julie Gunning
Email: Gunning83@aol.com on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 15:41:33
From: Father was from UK
Home: Tasmania
Ship: Oronsay
Dates: June 1955

Comments: My Dad left England in June 1955 on the P & O Oronsay does anyone have a passenger list. He settled in Tasmania. All my family are now living there. We were reunited 2yrs ago so we are trying to do a family tree.

Name: Hindle
Email: randmarcher@dodo.com on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 17:36:56
From: Liverpool
Home: Perth
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: arrived Fremantle 12/2/1955

Comments: Great to come across,. Fond memories for the family. I was 5 but remember a few things. Would like to hear from others from that trip.

Name: Rosalind Belanger (nee White)
Email: rozz@shaw.ca on Friday, August 27, 2004 at 08:49:53
From: Bombay, India
Home: Calgary Canada
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: March 5th, 1950

Comments: My family and I sailed from Bombay to Tilbury Docks and arrived - I believe, March 5th, 1950. I didn't see many people writing about leaving India for Britain on your site. We had an extensive family in India and they all left to come over on different P & O ships, Strathmore, Stratheden, etc. Though British, Irish & Scots our roots went back 150 plus years in India and Britain (though we said we were "going home") was really an unknown quantity to us. I was only six and half or something but remember the ship very very well, in fact they thought I had gone overboard and the Captain was going to halt the ship but they found me!  Love your site and the wonderful pictures. I believe the Strathnaver was sold to Japan for scrap, was it not? I wonder if anybody out there reading this knew the White family from Indore and Mhow, UP, central India, would love to hear from them if so. Best Regards.

Name: Conni Smit
Email: conni@tpg.com.au on Friday, August 27, 2004 at 12:50:25
From: Felixstowe Suffolk
Home: Canberra ACT Australia
Ship: SS Strathaird
Dates: July August 1954

Name: June Caunt
Email: junecaunt@yahoo.com on Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 17:31:04
From: Nottingham England
Home: Perth Western Australia
Ship: Castel Felice
Dates: Dec 65- Jan 66

Comments: I am doing a Masters Thesis on the reason British Migrants came to Australia in the 1960's in preference to other migrant venues such as Canada. I am particularly interested in person that may have come to WA on the Castel Felice in 1966 - or others that may have arrived by ship around that date. I want to find how the realities differed from the promises, what difference they found in culture etc. here and if possible why they went back to the UK. We will be answered  Thanks June.

Name: Tony Denny
Email: dorant@tiscali.co.uk on Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 23:00:12
From: Shoeburyness, Essex
Home: Bideford, N Devon
Ship: Iberia 1956, Orsova, 1959, Strathaird 1959, Oriana 1960, Himalaya 1966
Dates: 1956 to 1966

Comments: Assistant printer on the above ships. Great days. Would be great to hear from anyone who remembers the "Printers Shop". How do I find the itineraries of past ships?

Name: Angela Seigenthaler (formerly, Hayes)
Email: radmseig@comcast.net on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 11:01:21
From: United States
Home: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
Ship: SS Arcadia
Dates: Feb/Mar thru April 1967

Comments: I boarded the SS Arcadia in Wellington, NZ when I was 22. Arcadia sailed to Sydney, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Bombay, Port Said, Suez and Naples where I disembarked. I went overland thru Italy and Germany to England then back to the US. It was a journey beyond forgetting. I traveled back and lived in many of the countries I first saw from the decks of Arcadia, but the memory of the people I met and the places I saw have been my life's treasure.  Arcadia was home to those memories. Thank you so very much for the chance to journey back.

Name: Patsy Whittington (nee O'Daly)
Email: patsy.whittington@dsto.defence.gov.au on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 16:11:05
From: Kent, England
Home: Adelaide, Australia
Ship: SS Orontes
Dates: From Tilbury April 1957.

Comments: My mother and father Larry and Win O'Daly and their 7 children, aged from 1 to 14, migrated to Australia in April 1957. We came via the Cape as the Suez crisis was on. I was 13 at the time and had a fantastic time. Had a rough time in the Bay of Biscay and ran into the path of a cyclone near Capetown. Many happy memories.

Name: Christopher R. Hill
Email: crhill@chariot.net.au on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 19:53:01
From: Wolverhampton
Home: Adelaide S.A.
Ship: SS. Strathmore
Dates: March-April 1963

Comments: Great trip but a bit rough through the Bay of Biscay.

Name: Sylvia Skeer (Palmer)
Email: bpd@arcom.com.au on Friday, September 3, 2004 at 00:54:40
From: Poole
Home: Adelaide
Ship: SS Ranchi
Dates: Feb-Mar 1952

Comments: Long Trip fire onboard engine breakdown.

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