Hore & Davies Travel Service. Photo: Museum of the Riverina (Pym collection).
As the world recovers from the last couple of years and people begin travelling freely again, the team at Museum of the Riverina came across this photo from the 1960s, reminding us of how popular a pastime travel is with Australians.
Situated in the office space on the ground floor of the 2WG building on Fitzmaurice Street was Hore & Davies Travel Service.
Through the window, the passer-by could daydream about a once-in-a-lifetime trip abroad.
As was the custom at that time, the trip to Europe was leisurely, at sea on a vessel like those operated by the likes of “Lloyd Triestino”.
“Only Lloyd Triestino shows you the best of Europe on your way to London!” the sign reads.
Lloyd Triestino was one of the world’s biggest shipping companies and, in the early 60s, operated three ocean-going passenger liners for its service between Europe and Australia: the Australia, the Oceania and the Neptunia.
After 1963 it was the much larger Guglielmo Marconi and the Galileo Galilei that made the run between Genoa and Sydney.
The large poster of a ship on the wall appears to be one of these two famous “motor ships”.
Unsurprisingly, Britain is a featured destination in the 60s storefront with a prominent Union Jack on display.
There’s a crown and a lion and a unicorn is propped against the right-hand wall.
In 1971 the business partnered with Airlines of NSW and the Wagga Travel Service to bring a replica of the Crown Jewels to town, where it was exhibited in a caravan.
If England wasn’t your cup of tea, perhaps a trip to South Africa might have been preferred?
The 1960s was a fraught period amid the apartheid regime.
In June 1964, Nelson Mandella was convicted along with several other ANC leaders and sentenced to life in prison.
Did you ever book a holiday through Hore & Davies?
(Image and information supplied by WWCC and the Museum of the Riverina.)
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