May not be as cold as Canada. I was in Sidney and Brisbane in the end of June and first part of July 1964, when I was in the U.S. navy.
Didn`t seem all that cold as I remember it, and that is winter time there. did have the fine ladies to keep me warm

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have a picture of the ship in Sidney harbor with the arched bridge in the back ground. they were just building the opera house then.
Well it`s good you can get back home, but that is a loooong flight there..
always enjoyed your posts.
Charlie