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1 Wed April 24 2013 - 19:38:37 Fullname: Wayne Jackson Email: lfantman@sympatico.ca Where are you from?: Canada What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: passenger-June 16th-July 27th 1977 Reference: NetSearch How good do you think this site is: No comments Comments: Today I just scanned in all the photos I took during the trip! Great memories and lots of great people! If you are interested I will mail you a DVD of all my photos? I was the only Zoo Keeper on board! Happy Days Wayne Thje Retired Wanderin Elephant Man 2 Wed July 11 2012 - 14:03:48 Fullname: Dan McAleese Email: framesbydan@aol.com Where are you from?: Florida What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: Passenger Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: No comments Comments: Read this in the Wikipedia article,"She was the last liner providing a regular service to Australia and New Zealand from Southampton until her final voyage which left on November 18, 1977. After arriving at Auckland, she was laid up at Timaru on December 23, 1977." This cannot be correct. Perhaps it was 1978My journey from Sydney to Rio was Oct/Nov 1977 3 Mon July 09 2012 - 15:02:01 Fullname: Dan McAleese Email: framesbydan2aol.com Where are you from?: Orig Ireland,now Florida What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: passenger Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well done!!! Comments: Isailed from Sydney in October 1977. The ship was heading to Southampton with a stop in Auckland. It was scheduled to stop in Punta arenas Chile in the Magellan strait but could not because of union protests in Auckland. Instead it stopped in a small port(1 pier) called Puerto Madryn in Argentina. The next stop was Rio Grande del Sur in Brazil after which was Rio where my wife and I disembarked. The only other thing was that the ships doctor was called albright. 4 Wed April 18 2012 - 12:13:44 Fullname: Norman Gale Email: normgale@adam.com.au Where are you from?: Adelaide, Melbourne originally What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: Passenger 22/3/76 northbound from Melbourne Reference: NetSearch How good do you think this site is: No comments Comments: Often wondered just what people on my voyage were up to these days. I travelled with two friends Marty and Rupe (who was always drunk, wearing his black beanie). It was one of those voyages where we had great fun and met plenty of other people. 5 Fri April 06 2012 - 07:17:20 Fullname: Peter Vassilakis Email: vassap7@hotmail.com Where are you from?: Melbourne What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: My father worked on the Australis 65-67 Reference: Word of Mouth How good do you think this site is: Well done!!! Comments: Hi Ken, I had heard so many stories from my father from the years he spent working and travelling the world on the Australis. I still remeber, when i was 5 years old, we went down to Station Pier in Port Melbourne and i had the chance to see her and dad caught up with some of the old Greek crew which he had worked with and this would have being in '74 I never really thought much more about the Australis again until last night. I had met Bill Livings through a good friend of mine. We were all catching up for dinner last night and the conversation turned to Bill speaking Greek and my heritage, cut a long story short, Bill explained how he worked on the Australis for 10 years, i proceeded to tell Bill how my father also worked on the Australis from the start when she sailed for the Chandris Lines in '65 right up to the time he jumped ship in 1967 to marry my mother in Melbourne. As Bill explained, dad was a "Banana" slipped off the ship... Bill wanted to speak to my father to reminisce, however my father just passed away in February. I am sure dad and Bill would have shared many funny tales over many drinks.. Today i spent so much time dwelling into the history of the Australis and finding out so much more about her and what the people had to say about her, who were fortunate to travel on the Australis. Great website Ken and it also closes an amazing chapter to part of my father's life. Dimitrios Vassilakis RIP Thanks Peter. 6 Tue March 13 2012 - 05:57:14 Fullname: Ann Kelly Email: annkelly_capricorn@hotmail.com Where are you from?: Sydney, Australia What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: Passenger May/June 1973 Sydney to Southhampton Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well done!!! Comments: Just looking at the picture gallery brings back such wonderful memories of the four plus weeks we spent on SS Australis enroute to Southampton for the start of the great Aussie adventure abroad :) 7 Mon February 27 2012 - 14:13:00 Fullname: Russell Murray Email: russelllmurray@gmail.com Where are you from?: Melbourne What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: Mother's family emigrated in 1967 Reference: NetSearch How good do you think this site is: Well done!!! Comments: My mother was 7 years old when her family departed Southampton, arriving in Australia in June of 1967. I regret never having had the opportunity to look upon the wreck myself. A sad end for a beautiful ship, but your site has brought back some happy memories for my family. Thank you. 8 Sat February 25 2012 - 22:18:29 Fullname: preston Email: chrispresto23@hotmail.com Where are you from?: australia What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: ex crew Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: No comments Comments: If anyone remembers Linda Duncan from Ellinis, Australis or Americanise please send her a note, she has been fighting cancer for many years, you may remember how she spent so much time with my mate Jimmy Galloway when he was very sick, not many knew then that Linda was not well, she had a report this week that she has to start all the treatment again, she is and always has been a fighter, please if you can send a note to her, give her your support. lindaduncan23@hotmail.com or to me and i will pass on chrispresto23@hotmail.com 9 Fri January 20 2012 - 17:56:39 Fullname: A Arnold Email: m3wdx@hotmail.com Where are you from?: uk What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: I was on board from 1969-1970 Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Looks great! Comments: My mom Dad and 2 sisters were on this ship with me at that time 10 Fri January 20 2012 - 01:43:10 Fullname: maurice porter Email: maurice.porter@hotmail.com Where are you from?: ireland What Is Your Connection With The Australis?: was on it, 1968 sept Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well done!!! Comments: have( information for passengers) book ,r.h.m.s.australis. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>
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