John McAleer's Picture Gallery.

John McAleer sailed with his family in 1977 from Melbourne to Southampton. He was a 13 years old at the time and he has very vivid memories of a fantastic 4-5 weeks at sea. However, he did experience rough seas across to Auckland New Zealand, where ropes were hung along the corridors to give passengers something to hold as the ship was buffetted from side to side. The pictures below were taken off some slides which were originally photographed by his father.

Click any of the thumbnails below to view a larger image.

Read John's story about his trip on the Australis: Recollections of the S.S. Australis, 27 years on..

View John's memorabilia slideshow: John McAleer's Memorabilia Slideshow.

Many thanks to John McAleer for his contribution to the site.

This page was designed by: Ken Ironside.

Due to a huge volume of questions I am asked, for which often I do not have the information, I have decided to ask that only ex-crew actually write to me please.

I am delighted with everyones contributions, and will occasionally update the Australis web site, using photos/stories etc sent to me. However I cannot answer any more questions.

Thankyou for your sustained interest in the SS Australis Homepage.

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