We have been successful! We will have assisted passage to Sydney one month from today. We sail from Birkenhead , which I am told is in the north of the country, across the river from Liverpool. I have many things to prepare before we leave, and I need to plan how we will travel to the ship.

Sarah and the boys are busy packing our possessions into boxes for transport. Some will go into the hold of the ship and are marked ‘Not Wanted on the Voyage’. Others, which contain clothes, blankets, cups, plates, forks and the like are marked ‘Wanted on the Voyage’.

I am not sure if we should sell our furniture and other goods, or perhaps leave them in case we return here some day. They have been in my wife’s family for many years. What do you think?

Should John sell his furniture?

Yes pointing hand - No

Illustrations by Tracy Worrall

Leaving from Liverpool

Success

Illustrations by
Tracy Worrall