Hello @Historylover 

In Brisbane, we lived in Bulimba, one of the boundaries of which is the Brisbane River. We lived in military married quarters, a house just up the hill from the water transport depot that existed then. I also remember going down to the depot and clambering through the landing barges that were based there. Needless to say they seemed huge at the time. There was also a small ferry landing nearby. My father and a friend built a small yacht in which I remember sailing on the river. And "Pop Fest", on whose fishing boat I recall going out to fish.

I have a lot of memories from that time, including the kindy that I attended, the "big school" - the primary school, up the hill from there, the barber shop near the kindy, the bus ride to the gardens around what I believe was (most likely still is) the parliament buildings. All this is bringing back more memories. That time was the most pleasant period of my life.

The train trip from Brisbane to Perth, that went through Melbourne and Adelaide at that time, with many changes of trains, because of different gauges of track width in the different states. That was a time when people normally travelled by train, before plane trips became commonplace. I loved that trip, and the observation car, with the curved glass window at the rear of the Trans Australian Railway train at the time. Now that train trip and The Ghan to Darwin, apart from use for the transport of goods, are considered tourist trips and possibly too expensive for most to travel for any other reason than for pleasure.

In the year following that trip I started grade 1 in the primary school near where we lived in a suburb of Perth.

Thank you @Historylover for the memory trip. It's interesting that I am now at an age where children, and possibly many young adults, may think that what I can remember and recall might be considered {ancient} history.

With Best Wishes

@HenryX