Well the day had arrived and with it glorious sunshine.
Australia at last. It seemed at times as though we would never reach it.
At 6 am we had to queue up to go before the doctor, and then the Immigration officer. He told us that arrangements had been made to get us to Albany.
When we docked, the Salvation Army Officer from Fremantle came aboard and informed us that we were to go right away by car. We were hurried through the Customs without any trouble and then we were free to go on our way. We cannot speak too highly of the Salvation Army for all their help.
Saying goodbye to the friends we had made on the ship was strange. It seemed as though we had known them for a long time.
However, we met Mr Formby at the dockside, he was a member of the Salvation Army in Albany. He had especially come all the way to Fremantle in his own car so that he could drive us all the way to his home where we were to stay until our cases arrived.
First we went round Perth, which is a very nice city, but very hot. We went into King�s Park which is the national park. The view of Perth was excellent. From there we had lunch with some friends of Mr Formby�s and then over 250 miles of road through the Bush.
At one part we drove through a bush fire (not a big one though). It took six hours to reach his home, where Mrs Formby had a very nice meal waiting for us.
She made us very welcome, and I must say they are a real grand family.
This was journeys end, but it was too dark to see any of Albany.
However, that is another story and here ends my small logbook on our �Journey To Australia�. |
