To Australia After finishing up the prospecting job and finding that copper mine out east, I rode the train across the country to Alberta. By then harvest was finished and the leaves already gone from the trees, and winter coming on, so not inviting at all….. Rode the Greyhound bus to San Francisco to get passage on the M/V Orsova, one of the last scheduled passenger liners plying the route across the Pacific. Sailed on 15 December 1966. It was a fine way to travel, sedate, roomy and comfortable. With lots of young Aussies and Kiwis headed home after their couple of years in London and Europe, and several bars to serve them, so one big party. Christmas on board so a big feast and more parties… Stopover in Hawaii Stopover in Fiji Arrived Auckland New Zealand 30 Dec, so 15 days enroute, just the right pace for civilized travel I reckon. I got off to tour around NZ until the next time the ship came through. Was hitching around the North Island when I got a lift from a guy who asked if I