Adelaide, South Australia, Wednesday, 16th June 1954. I got to hold my first Koala Bear in six years when I was leaving Australia!! - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

Fremantle, Western Australia, Sunday, 20th June 1954. This was the last time my sister and I would be sitting on Australian ground for the next 39 years! - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Sunday 27th June, 1954. After a week on the Indian Ocean it felt good to stretch our sea legs on land. A Government Buildings across from the water reservoir in Colombo. - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

Bombay (Mumbai), India, Wednesday, 30th June, 1954. The number of people was overwhelming to me. The well off could afford the Taj Hotel. - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

The not so wealthy and the poor had to make do with cleaning their laundry at the outdoor public laundry in Bombay (Mumbai). - (family photo: C. Milligan)

Aden (Yemen), Sunday, 4th July, 1954. After crossing the Arabian Sea from Bombay (Mumbai) we departed Aden just five hours after arriving. The smell of oil was heavy in the air. Four days later we arrived at Suez. The transit of the Suez Canal was stunning. Except for the water in the Suez Canal, everywhere else was a 'desert sea' of sand. We docked at Port Said, Thursday, 8th July, 1954. There were military concerns at that time. Four hours later we were headed for Marsailles, France. (Family photo: C. Milligan)

10th July, 1954 - on the Mediterranean Sea. The Children's Fancy Dress Contest followed by a Children's Tea Party. That's me second from left. I didn't win but, the Celebration Cake, Ice Cream, Fresh Fruit, and the Creams and Jellies at the Tea, more than made up for any disappointment I may have had! - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

'Old Stromboli' in the Tyrrhhenian Sea not far from the 'toe' of Italy and the Straits of Messina, Sicily. In early 1954 it started to rumble and sputter again. By July Capt. Peter decided to steam by the volcano to give his passengers a special front row seat at the event. (Family Photo: C. Milligan)

Marseilles, France. Monday, 12th July, 1954. View from Eglise St. Vincent de Paul looking due west. The island off shore is the famous Chateau D'If where the Count of Monti Cristo was imprisoned. --- (Family Photo: C. Milligan)

View looking due North. The entire shoreline is referred to as Port de Marseilles. In 1954 so much had to be rebuilt as a result of being blown up in 1944 during WW 2.- - (Family photo: C. Milligan)

Passing Gibraltar "The Rock" before exiting the Mediterranean Sea through the Straits of Gibraltar into the North Atlantic Ocean. -- (Family Photo: C. Milligan)

Tilbury, Saturday, 17th July 1954 -- north shore of the Thames River, directly opposite Gravesend on the south shore. I did not know that 277 years earlier another great sea adventure departed this very spot for Hudson Bay. In 1954 my sister and I were just excited to see our grandparents for the first time in six years. -- (Family Photo: C. Milligan)