Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front

• March 28, 2017 17:53:55 Lucas Diaz

  I had a few drives in a ricksha and I enjoyed

  them immensely. On sunday I went bathing in

  the surf, but although it was mid-winter the place

  was full of bathers. The weather was very warm

  just like a hot summer day at home, and as the

  following monday was a holiday and races were on,

  the place was crowded with visitors from all ports

  of South Africa, spending a week end there.
  
  We left Durban early on tuesday morning

  and, had a rather rough time for ten days until

  we reached Albany our first Australian call. 
  
  We were there for a few hours but I didn't care

  much for it, as it is a small old-fashioned place

  but the all round the harbour is lovely.
  
  Albany is farther south than Freemantle [sic] so

  we didn't call there (Freemantle [sic] I mean). After

  leaving Albany we had a lovely journey for

  five days until we came to Melbourne. 
  
  Melbourne is a splendid city for what I

  have seen it is nicer than Sydney, anyhow we

  got there on saturday morning June 20th and

  stayed until tuesday. I called to see a chap I

  knew at McBirneys Willie Ryan from Cappamore

  (his people live near Auntie Fahy) and had a real

  good time with him. I called at his address

  
  

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• March 28, 2017 17:52:15 Lucas Diaz

  I had a few drives in a ricksha and I enjoyed

  them immensely. On sunday I went bathing in

  the surf, but although it was mid-winter the place

  was full of bathers. The weather was very warm

  just like a hot summer day at home, and as the

  following monday was a holiday and races were on,

  the place was crowded with visitors from all ports

  of South Africa, spending a week end there.
  
  We left Durban early on tuesday morning

  and, had a rather rough time for ten days until

  we reached Albany our first Australian call. 
  
  We were there for a few hours but I didn't care

  much for it, as it is a small old-fashioned place

  but the all round the harbour is lovely.
  
  Albany is farther south than Freemantle [sic] so

  we didn't call there (Freemantle [sic] I mean). After

  leaving Albany we had a lovely journey for

  five days until we came to Melbourne. 
  
  Melbourne is a splendid city for what I

  have seen it is nicer than Sydney, anyhow we

  got there on saturday morning June 20th and

  stayed until tuesday. I called to see a chap I

  knew at McBirneys Willie Ryan from Bappamore

  (his people live near Auntie Fahy) and had a real

  good time with him. I called at his address

  
  

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• November 7, 2016 16:10:14 Adrian Murphy (Ireland)
  I had a few drives in a rickshaw and I enjoyed them immensely. On Sunday I went bathing in the surf but although it was mid-winter the place was full of bathers. The weather was very warm just like a hot summer day at home, and as the following monday was a holiday and races were on, the place was crowded with visitors from all parts of South Africa, spending a week end there.
  
  We left Durham early on tuesday morning and, had a rather rough time for ten days until we reached Albany our first Australian call. 
  
  We were there for a few hours but I didn't care much for it, as it is a small old-fashioned place but the all round the harbour is lovely.
  
  Albant is farther sound than Freemantle [sic] so we didn't call there (Freemantle [sic] I mean). After leaving Albany we had a lovely journey for five days until we came to Melbourne. 
  
  Melbourne is a splendid city for what I have seen it is nicer than Sydney, anyhow we got there on saturday morning June 20th and stayed until tuesday. I called to see a chap I knew at McBirneys Willie Ryan from Cappamore (his people live near Auntie Fahy) and had a real good time with him. I called at his address
  

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