Chapter Three-The beginning.

Four years after Ada and Hans were married, the new beginning was really happening, with the birth of their first child, Marianne Vanderwel, my mother on the 24th of March, 1960 and the birth of their second child Linda Smith, my aunty, on the 25th of July, 1964 with both births in Haarlam, The Netherlands. Also, after the commitment of many years to KPM shipments, Hans was made Captain of his ship, to his great pleasure. Although, with this came the hard work of keeping up with his family whilst off shore and my Opa did this through, taking Linda, Marianne and Ada on the ship for 2-3 weeks at a time. Through this came great family time and remarkable memories that still live on in both my mother's and aunty's mind.

In 1971, Hans decided it was time to put the captains hat down, and after doing so moved to Sydney, Australia to start an on-shore job with the new business of P&O shipments. After moving to Australia my Oma and Opa heard of a place called Buderim, near the Sunshine Coast, and decided to make this the holiday spot every year for fathers day. Not only did my mother and aunty enjoy it there but so did my Oma and Opa and they decided that they would retire here. And there they did, after Marianne and Lin moved to Newcastle and Sydney, with Marianne expecting her first child, my Oma and Opa set off to Buderim to make and enjoy new and old memories that would remain in there heart forever.