In 1952 Bill and Dulcie Johnson joined the burgeoning masses migrating to Australia a subsidised exodus seeking refuge from the rigours and privations of post war England. They were 'boat people' of their time trying to find their bearings in a traumatised world; ten pound POMEs who could only guess at what was in store for them simply hoped for the best. Theirs was the age-old parental quest for a better life for their offspring a safe haven they could adopt as their own.