Re: novelist research - Sydney/Melbourne travel in 1939

[3891@bit.net.au (Roy Wilke)]

Pan-Am's Clippers didn't cross to Australia until after WW2 - in the
30s they flew San Francisco - Hawaii - Midway - Wake - Shanghai.

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:15:47 GMT, G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff
Lambert) wrote:

>"Frederick Compton" <frederick@keyworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> I think the Melbourne Express and the Melbourne Limited Express were two
>>> different trains. The MLE was the all sleeper train connecting with the
>>> Spirit, and the Melbourne Express connected with something else (the
>>> Albury Express?).
>
>>I will stick with the MLE then.  My traveller has just arrived from overseas
>>and is tired!
>
>In 1939, did they arrive by plane (extremely rare and expensive, e.g.
>Pan Am Superclipper), where they would have had a sleeping berth, or
>by boat (more likely), in which case ditto the sleeping berth, plus
>the well-known "refreshing" aspects of a sea voyage.
>
>Why are they tired?  Changing trains in the dark at Albury will make
>them more tired!
>
>Geoff Lambert
>
>
>

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