Stephanie's long voyage, because of the closure of the Suez Canal, took her around the world, from Australia to the Panama Canal over the Atlantic and then Italy. It took over a month. While on board she took Italian lessons that the crew were offering to passengers and she fell in love with the Italian language and culture. This is her story.
Source: Flickr/Sydney Oats CC BY 2.0
In the 1960s over 100.000 migrants came to Australia on the Castel Felice and tens of thousand boarded it on the return journey for a European vacation.
