Life on liner, in the 1950s: Anyone?

I'm confused, is this a memory/story you wrote/quote ??

My family and I emigrated to Australia in 1949 on the £10 scheme. We went on a liner and it took 6 weeks to get from Liverpool to Sydney. The cabins were segregated into male and female and I was unable to eat with my parents .Crossing the Line was a terrifying experience for me as a small child and I had nightmares about it for many years. The whole thing was definitely not a good experience.

We were supposed to be going to Australia in 1955, my parents, older sister and me. My dad had a job in a mine lined up and the house was waiting. With a week to go, my mother changed her mind and they lost the £30, which must have been a significant amount in those days (I was a babe in arms, so travelling for free). My dad never let my mum forget, in a jokey way, what a wonderful life we could (apparently) have had. To be honest, we had a pretty good one here , and I would have hated to miss out on the family we'd have left behind.

Hi Ninathenana

I wrote about my experiences as a passenger on the Arcadia in December 1958 from Melbourne to Tilbury as a 12 year old.

On re-reading it days later, the direction is unclear.

In 1952 I travelled from UK to Hong Kong on a troop ship. Luxury it was not. Our ship, the Empire Ken, was very small and usually only went to and from West Africa, but it was the time of the Korean War and many extra ships were needed to get men and materiel to Korea. The journey took six weeks.

On board, all men, regardless of whether they had families on board or not were in separate accommodation. My father was an officer and officer's families were accomodated in eight berth cabins. In our cabin, as well as my mother and us three girls there were two other women, both with a child. Baths were down the corridor and the water in them was part sea water (at least that is what I think I remember). What accommodation was for families whose men were not officers I do not know. I suspect similar, but on lower decks.

We children absolutely loved it. No school, we had the run of the ship and crew and soldiers and crew went to great lengths to keep us amused and happy. We left England in mid April and once we got to the mediterranean, we had warm sunny weather all the time. My sisters and I loved every minute of the journey.

Thanks for taking time to respond

Anyone been boating or had a boat? Sometimes it's pleasant reading
to go slightly off the thread.

I haven't sailed to Australia (although sometimes I think it would be a nice relaxed alternative to flying), but I enjoyed reading about your experiences LuckyDucky

Thanks rose Oz is fine, great scenery, odd looking animals, wonderful produce and weird and wonderful birdlife and OK if you don't mind flies on those hot, white sandy beaches. ^My parents used to chain smoke
and blow their cigarette smoke at them.

I didn't make myself clear, I meant to post - *has anyone had a holiday on a boat or, owned a boat?

Thanks to greenfinch, maggie, m0nica - for taking time to post a reply.

nina thanks for reading my post and replying. My anecdote was true.

Seems I omit people (not deliberately) when they post a reply - to me. If I've missed a reply from you, my apologies. It was unintentional.