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Spurgeons in Australia 1956-1959

Living in a bungalow at 9 Vunabere Avenue, Bentleigh, Melbourne, Australia. Family home for Roy, Joan, Paul & Graham Spurgeon from February 1956 to March 1959. Street view shows the difference between then & now! Later 9a Vunabere Avenue was built in the rear garden.

Paul, Roy & Graham at 9 Vunabere Avenue

Graham & Paul at 9 Vunabere Avenue

Google Street View 2022: 9 Vunabere Avenue

Graham & Paul at 9 Vunabere Avenue

Paul, Graham & friends at 9 Vunabere Avenue

Caravanning was popular, towed initially by a Holden (GGW457), then our first Volkswagen (GSM628):

Graham & Paul with our first car & caravan

Picnic on top of the cliffs at Phillip Island

Paul & Graham with our second car & caravan

Roy with our Volkswagen in the outback

And we often stopped for a brew, picnics, and barbecues:

Joan, Graham & Paul at lunch, returning from Hotham

Roy, Paul and Graham at Ovens River, Bright, Victoria

Family picnic at Healsville Animal Sanctuary

Paul & Graham, Adelaide trip (March 1958)

Paul & Graham with a diesel engine at Junee railway station, New South Wales, Australia

Animals and beaches were always popular:

Paul, Joan & Graham

Sorrento camp-site beach

Joan, Paul & Graham

Paul & Graham at Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island

Paul & Graham

Joan with Rainbow Lorikeets

Ranger on horseback, Healsville

Graham & Paul with Wallabies at Adelaide Koala Farm, 1958

9.5mm films:

To The Land Of The Southern Cross (1956)

Caravanning In Australia (1957)

More Caravanning In Australia (1957)

Australia Day Rally (January 1958)

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef (1958)

Sydney To San Francisco (1959)

See also Australia voyages