Next morning there was time for relaxation, and for getting to know Stanley Roach and Ben Blakeney who autographed the boomerangs bought for family and friends and additional directions to the routines were hardly needed. Following the South Pacific Festival, the performers were divided into four groups each representing two countries, and we gave short concerts in various Sydney parks at lunch-time, followed by long hot bus trips to outlying ‘suburbs’ for an evening meal and a concert. Our companions were the Solomon Islanders, with two exceptions all third-year training college students, and sometimes we also had the Samoan knife-dancer and his drummer with us. At first we occupied separate decks on the bus, but after four days we were well mixed up, learning each other's songs and having fun together. Time for shopping, a visit to Taronga Park Zoo, a repeat of the Festival programme in the open at Hyde Park, another repeat in Sydney Town Hall for aged and disabled, and the Sydney visit drew to a close. The last few days were spent in Canberra, with the Solomon Islanders, Aborigines and Papua New Guineans. There we gave two evening performances, finishing with all groups on stage singing ‘Po Atarau’. There were truly Polynesian scenes of farewell as the group separated to return home—tears, songs, and the exchange of costumes and addresses. There were tears and songs too as we finally left Endeavour Hostel where we had made so many friends and had been treated so royally. It was not a holiday—the groups ‘earned their keep’ with the constant performances—but it was all worth it. Ma-wai-hakona thanks friends, supporters, employers, baby-sitters, those who helped with donations and time in all the months