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INTERVIEWER: "Greg, what does it feel like to get back home, or back on land I should say?"



GREG HOLDEN: "Its really good..."



INTERVIEWER: "I suppose it almost does feel like home, you've been away so long."



GREG HOLDEN; "It does with my parents here, it does really."



INTERVIEWER: "Well, what is it like to have your son back?"



MRS. HOLDEN: "Oh, I can't describe it at all, impossible...impossible...anxious..."



INTERVIEWER: "You were very anxious for about two weeks, weren't you?"



MRS. HOLDEN: "Yes, we were. It's O.K. now."



INTERVIEWER: "Greg, you shot a lot of film on the raft, didn't you?" -- How much?"



GREG HOLDEN: "Yeah, I shot around 17 thou...., 17 thousand feet maybe."



INTERVIEWER: "Any good shots?"



GREG HOLDEN: "Apparently there has been a report we got some good shots."



INTERVIEWER: "Tell us some of the things you shot on the raft. Some of the interesting things."



GREG HOLDEN: "Oh well, for exchange there were different sequences of just natural things we do every day and interesting because they are on a raft. You know, the cooking and things like that. The cat, the fly fish, flying fish and..."



INTERVIEWER: "What about the storms, did you get any chance to film them?"



GREG HOLDEN: "Yeah, I did one storm, we got a chance. I think it was one of the best storms we had; once we had the raft under control and everything was sort of organised, I had time to set the camera up and do some shooting."



INTERVIEWER: "Did you have any interest in photography as a boy?"



GREG HOLDEN: "Yes, well as a young person, I didn't know that much about it. But at 15 years old, I started to develop an interest, and I never really had done any developing, but I..."



INTERVIEWER: "Who taught you the tricks, did you..."



MR. HOLDEN: "No, I think its just a natural ability on his part."



GREG HOLDEN: "Well, with a still, camera, Dad showed me how to use a still camera."



INTERVIEWER: "Did Mum and Dad every try to talk you out of this journey?"



GREG HOLDEN: "No, never....they asked a lot of question naturally, thinking, safeguarding, wondering, but they never tried to persuade me not to, though."



INTERVIEWER: "And what will you be doing now, will be going straight back home?"



GREG HOLDEN: "I'd like to go home, spend Christmas at home with my sisters and the family."



INTERVIEWER: "Good luck."



GREG HOLDEN: "Thank you very much."



INTERVIEWER: "I hope you enjoy Australia while you're here?"



GREG HOLDEN: "I'm sure I will, all the people are great, so far."



INTERVIEWER: "Right. Its good."



GREG HOLDEN: "Thank you."




Initials AE/20.07 AE/20.16



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Background: It took six months to cross the Pacific by balsa wood raft. At the end of the journey, in Ballina, New South Wales, it was a family reunion for Canadian Greg Holden, at 21, the youngest of the twelve-man expedition that left Equador in the spring. One Tuesday (20 November) when he reached land, Greg, and his parents, spoke to newsmen: