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completely awestruck by four or five female cousins all about our age who were also
there. They seemed to be extraordinarily pretty. I only remember feeling terribly
awkward as we shared the back of a small bus with them. We were only in Perth for
a day, but for some reason this is not mentioned in Don’s diary.
In Perth I became aware that I was used to a different culture and was not
comfortable in this culture. People talked too fast and had their mouths half closed
when they talked. It took me a long time to get used to the Australian accent. One of
the most obvious changes in culture intrigued me as we pulled up in Fremantle
harbour. We had been used to all manual work being done by Chinese people and
because of their huge numbers, everything was labour intensive. Here in Fremantle
there were only a few wharfies lounging around doing very little and they were all
European people. This would take a bit of getting used to.
After a two day stop in Melbourne where the Grants disembarked, we at last made it
to Sydney. For only the second year in our lives we were together as a family. Now
our travels were taking us in an entirely new direction. Ahead was a new country, a
new culture and the need to get used to living as a family again. For me this was
going to be a long journey.
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completely awestruck by four or five female cousins all about our age who were also
there. They seemed to be extraordinarily pretty. I only remember feeling terribly
awkward as we shared the back of a small bus with them. We were only in Perth for
a day, but for some reason this is not mentioned in Don’s diary.
In Perth I became aware that I was used to a different culture and was not
comfortable in this culture. People talked too fast and had their mouths half closed
when they talked. It took me a long time to get used to the Australian accent. One of
the most obvious changes in culture intrigued me as we pulled up in Fremantle
harbour. We had been used to all manual work being done by Chinese people and
because of their huge numbers, everything was labour intensive. Here in Fremantle
there were only a few wharfies lounging around doing very little and they were all
European people. This would take a bit of getting used to.
After a two day stop in Melbourne where the Grants disembarked, we at last made it
to Sydney. For only the second year in our lives we were together as a family. Now
our travels were taking us in an entirely new direction. Ahead was a new country, a
new culture and the need to get used to living as a family again. For me this was
going to be a long journey.
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