The Albatross

[Ron B Manderson]

O(n the S.S. Mahseer we picked one up , or should I say "it Picked us up in the indian Ocean.
We put into Durban and when we went out I am sure the same one picked us up again.
It stayed with us all the way until the old line around the world and within 20 miles of the line it just vered away and went south.
What a great sight it was.
Ron the batcave

[Dennis McGuckin]

Remember once finding a dead Albatross on some ship I was on.
No body wanted to sling it over the wall. Finally the bosun did it.
Once I chucked rind from a full side of pork to one. It took it down in one gulp.
Den.

[Lou Barron]

There is a big Albatross on the Otago Peninsular at Cape Saunders it is a very popular tourist attraction

[happy daze john in oz]

is it true they can sleep on the wing{while in flight} they must have a great satnav to find thier way home.jp

Seen a few drivers like that as well.

[Richard Quartermaine]

There is a big Albatross on the Otago Peninsular at Cape Saunders it is a very popular tourist attraction

We used to have one or two albatross stay with us between Australia/NZ and the Cape of Good Hope and I would be sure they would be the same ones all the way. When i did that trip as galley boy on the old 1913 model coal burner SS Raranga in 1947 they would come close by when I went to the lea side (of course) to empty the rosie.

But I digress. Your Otago Peninsular, Lou; I did a tourist bus run there from Dunedin in the early 50s and as we got to a high point overlooking the sea the driver stopped the coach and asked if we could see the black speck on the horizon. When we all had convinced ourselves that we did he said with a grin on dial "that's Australia". Of course we all knew it was a joke because we were looking Eastwood and it had to be South America.

I think the attached is taken of me near a monument on the Otago Peninsular at the time. I have some post cards of Dunedin in those days and will dig them out.

Richard Q

[Captain Kong]

What are you trying to do Richard, Push that monument over???
I saw it earlier this year and it had a big starboard List.
Cheers
Brian.

[Lou Barron]

Things have changed a lot since you dida tour here the monument is still there but the Albatross colony as now been modernise since we have a lot of tourist coming here and the cruise ship inthe season about 50 ships inthe season some times we get a very wet day dont we Brian

[Richard Quartermaine]

No Brian, it was the Waitemata Ale I was enjoying in Dunedin before we left on the coach which was also chock full of vitamin P - the ale I mean. And I just noticed, Eastwood is a suburb of Sydney - the direction of Chile was the other way - eastward.

Thanks Lou for confirming that I was on Otago Peninsular as I had thought. One trip to Dunedin saw a bunch of us lads having a good time then missing the last public transport to Port Chalmers and we got a couple of lifts but walked much of the long way back. It was misty rain too if I remember rightly.

Richard Q

[happy daze john in oz]

Things have changed a lot since you dida tour here the monument is still there but the Albatross colony as now been modernise since we have a lot of tourist coming here and the cruise ship inthe season about 50 ships inthe season some times we get a very wet day dont we Brian

Wet and COLD, the next land from there is the South Pole.

[Captain Kong]

ships inthe season some times we get a very wet day dont we Brian
Lou.
.. Hi Lou,
Never stopped raining, that day, Anne`s friend, Barbara paid 90 dollars to go to the Albatross
Place , got soaking wet and never saw one Albatross due to the thick mist.
As we sailed from Port Chalmers the ship was surrounded by Albatrosses, all for free, she was not amused.
Cheers
Brian